Cessna 172 N17SJ

Summary

On 27 December 2018 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N17SJ, operated by Anson Air Llc, was involved in an accident near Sugar Land, Texas, 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.

Date

27 December 2018 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Sugar Land Rgnl (SGR)

Coordinates

29.6228, -95.6567

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N17SJ

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

1

Operator

Anson Air Llc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sugar Land → Sugar Land

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA119

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a sign.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, while taking off for a stop-and-go landing, he applied full power, and the airplane drifted left. He corrected with right rudder, but the airplane continued left. He reduced power to idle to abort the takeoff, but the airplane "continued out of control to the left." He applied brakes and opposite rudder, but the airplane exited the runway to the left and struck an airport sign, the left main landing gear separated, and the airplane came to rest about 200 ft past the sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing lift strut. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.