ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154794
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| Date: | Thursday 4 April 2013 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Westwind School of Aeronautics |
| Registration: | N2166K |
| MSN: | 172S9792 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3258 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport - KDVT, Phoenix, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Phoenix, AZ (DVT) |
| Phoenix, AZ (DVT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and the student pilot, accompanied by a passenger-observer, were conducting the instructional flight in one of their flight school's airplanes. The student pilot, who had a total flight time of 4 hours and for whom this was his fourth flight, was handling the controls. During the takeoff roll, his overcorrections caused the airplane to veer right and then left. After crossing the centerline from right to left and when the airplane was heading toward the left edge of the 100-ft-wide runway, the flight instructor took the controls but was unable to maintain airplane control. He attempted to lift off, and the airplane became airborne momentarily, but the nose dropped, the airplane banked right, and it then struck the runway. The airplane nosed over inverted and came to a stop. The pilots reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's excessive directional control inputs during the takeoff roll and the flight instructor's delayed and ineffective corrective actions, which resulted in the loss of airplane control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2166K
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2013 12:20 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Apr-2013 18:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 17-Apr-2013 01:02 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:32 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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