Cessna 172 N62344

Summary

On 1 March 1985 at about 20:50 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N62344 was involved in an accident near Tucson, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 March 1985 at 20:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Tucson Intl (TUC)

Coordinates

32.1496, -110.9295

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N62344

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Sells

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85LA166

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT WAS COMMENCING HIS 1ST SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT. AT LIFT-OFF, THE ACFT ENTERED A LEFT BANK OF ABOUT 45 DEGS. THE STUDENT PLT REDUCED POWER & THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE DIRT BESIDE THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED. THE PLT BELIEVED THAT HE MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED TURBC FROM A BOEING 737. THE BOEING 737 TOOK OFF ABOUT 2 MINS EARLIER ON RWY 11L. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT LIFT OFF UNTIL IT WAS ABOUT 2000 FT BEYOND THE INTERSECTION OF RWY 21 & RWY 11L. THE CESSNA HAD NOT YET REACHED THE INTERSECTION WHEN IT BANKED TO THE LEFT. THE PLT HAD ONLY 1.3 HRS SOLO FLT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.