Cessna 172N N738TJ
30 September 2014 · Thermal, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 September 2014 at about 22:40 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N738TJ, operated by Glendale Community College, was involved in an accident near Thermal, California, 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 22:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Thermal, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Jacqueline Cochran Regional Ai (KTRM)
- Coordinates
- 33.6300, -116.1600
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N
- Registration
- N738TJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1978
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Glendale Community College
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Palm Springs → Thermal
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR14CA399
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 during landing after an encounter with a dust devil.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot reported that after touchdown, during the roll out, the airplane encountered a dust devil. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane subsequently departed the runway surface. The airplane pitched down in the soft sand and the right wing was substantially damaged when it struck the ground. The student pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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