ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292558
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| Date: | Thursday 16 March 2006 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Avion Air Academy |
| Registration: | N737TR |
| MSN: | 17269667 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming 0-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leesburg, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gainesville-J R Alison Municipal Airport, FL (GNV/KGNV) |
| Leesburg International Airport, FL (LEE/KLEE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot stated that he performed a normal landing. After all three wheels were down; the airplane began to veer toward the left side of the runway. He tried applying right rudder, but could not control the airplane in time before it hit a taxiway sign on the left side of the runway. The airplane then went across the runway and stopped on the grass. He secured the airplane before exiting. The flight instructor who endorsed the solo flight stated that the student pilot was not authorized to land at the accident airport. The operator stated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll resulting in collision with a taxiway sign.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA06CA065
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Oct-2022 06:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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