ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296458
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | West Air Aviation |
| Registration: | N13265 |
| MSN: | 17262623 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3087 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mesquite, Nevada -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-North Las Vegas Airport, NV (VGT/KVGT) |
| Mesquite, NV (67L) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During an attempted takeoff, the student pilot lost directional control of the airplane and it veered off the side of the runway, collided with a ditch, and nosed over. The accident occurred during the student's first solo cross-country flight. According to the student, she had made a normal approach and landing on runway 19. Thereafter, she retracted the wing flaps and applied full engine power to take off. At this moment, the airplane began turning left, and she attempted to correct its course by applying pressure to the right rudder pedal. The student was unsuccessful in redirecting the airplane onto its proper course down the 75-foot-wide by 5,100-foot-long runway under the prevailing calm wind condition. The student's CFI opined that his student may not have applied sufficient right rudder pressure to counteract the airplane's left turning tendency after the application of engine power. At the time of the accident, the student's total solo flight time, and total time, was 4.2 and 25.3 hours, respectively.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff. A contributing factor was the ditch.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX03LA023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 06:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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