Cessna 172M N6750H

Summary

On 13 December 2024 at about 20:09 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N6750H, operated by Pickett Michael R, was involved in an accident near Gig Harbor, Washington, 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

13 December 2024 at 20:09

Classification

Accident

Location

Gig Harbor, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Tacoma Narrows Airport (TIW)

Coordinates

47.2679, -122.5781

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N6750H

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

1

Operator

Pickett Michael R

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gig Harbor → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR25LA061

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that he had been performing touch-and-goes and had landed left of the runway centerline. When he advanced the throttle, the aircraft “immediately pulled hard left due to its left-turning tendency,” and exited the left side of the runway. The student pilot attempted to continue the takeoff in an effort to overfly a sign, however the airplane’s landing gear impacted the top of the sign. The airplane then settled back onto terrain next to the runway, and the nose gear collapsed. As a result, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage. At the time of the accident, the pilot was taking off on runway 17 with wind 060° at 4 knots. The student pilot 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.