Cessna 172 N857CP
3 April 2022 · Houston, Texas, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 3 April 2022 at about 17:45 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N857CP was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. 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 17:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sugar Land Rgnl (SGR)
- Coordinates
- 29.6222, -95.6565
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N857CP
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1998
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN22LA170
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain direction control during takeoff in gusty wind conditions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot reported that she was practicing touch and go landings. She had just added full power to take off when the airplane veered to the left. The student pilot attempted to correct with the application of right rudder; however, she perceived that the rudder was “locked into place” and required full body weight to apply full right rudder. The student pilot lost control of the airplane and exited the side of the runway which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airplane found no obvious malfunctions with the flight controls, although impact damage precluded full rudder deflection. The instructor pilot that witnessed the accident reported that the wind had increased past what was forecast and past the student pilot’s limit. At the time of the accident the student pilot was taking off on runway 17 with wind from 130° at 12 kts, gusting to 18 kts; the crosswind was calculated to be 11 kts.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2022 | Cessna 172P | Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States | Tennessee Flyers, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jul 2022 | Cessna 172 | Qualicum Beach, Canada | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 2022 | Cessna 172S | Salina, Kansas, United States | Kansas State University - Salina | No injuries | - |
| 21 Oct 2022 | Cessna 172 | Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania, United States | New Garden Flight Connection Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Apr 2022 | Cessna 172N | Englewood, Colorado, United States | Aspen Flying Club | No injuries | - |
| 18 Feb 2022 | Cessna 172 | Les Saintes Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe | - | Unknown | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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