Cessna 172S N6013J
29 January 2011 · St. Petersburg, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 January 2011 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N6013J, operated by Bay Air Flying Service Inc, was involved in an accident near St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Albert Whitten Airport (SPG)
- Coordinates
- 27.7589, -82.6228
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S
- Registration
- N6013J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Bay Air Flying Service Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St. Petersburg → St. Petersburg
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA11CA132
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while attempting to turn the airplane onto a taxiway after landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the student pilot, he was on a solo flight practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. On the third approach, as he turned the airplane onto the final leg of the traffic pattern, the tower air traffic controller requested that the pilot complete a full stop landing due to an increased number of aircraft in the airport area. The touchdown and roll out were normal. The pilot subsequently attempted to turn off of the runway onto a taxiway with the airplane traveling too fast. He applied the brakes, yet the airplane proceeded off the side of the taxiway and impacted a pole, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. During a postaccident examination of the wreckage, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector found no anomalies with the airplane that may have contributed to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2011 | Cessna 172N | Andrews, Texas, United States | Stephan Warren Company | Serious injuries | - |
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| 8 Jun 2011 | Cessna 172P | Palo Alto, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 27 Feb 2011 | Cessna 172N | Welch, West Virginia, United States | Samuel Hazzard, Jr | Serious injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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