ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286437
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| Date: | Saturday 7 November 2009 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | Deleware Aviation Center |
| Registration: | N134B |
| MSN: | 172S9345 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2185 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Summit, Delaware -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wilmington-New Castle County Airport, DE (ILG/KILG) |
| Middletown-Summit Airport, DE (KEVY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot stated that he was performing a solo touch-and-go landing. After touchdown, he applied full throttle and the airplane began swerving left and right. He aborted the takeoff and attempted to regain directional control before departing off the left side of the runway. The airplane continued traveling in the grass and the nosewheel struck a depression just prior to a paved taxiway, damaging the nose landing gear and firewall.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA10CA057
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2022 10:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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