29 Jan 2011: CESSNA 172S — BAY AIR FLYING SERVICE INC

29 Jan 2011: CESSNA 172S — BAY AIR FLYING SERVICE INC

No fatalities • St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while attempting to turn the airplane onto a taxiway after landing.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

According to the solo student pilot, he was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. On the third approach as the pilot turned on final, the tower controller asked him to complete a full stop landing due to an increased number of aircraft in the airport area. The landing and roll out were normal, but when the pilot attempted to turn off of the runway onto a taxiway, the airplane was traveling too fast. He applied the brakes, yet the airplane proceeded off the side of the taxiway and impacted a pole, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. During an examination of the wreckage, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector found no anomalies with the airplane that may have contributed to the accident.

Contributing factors

  • cause Surface speed/braking — Not attained/maintained
  • cause Pilot
  • cause Directional control — Not attained/maintained

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 260/06kt, vis 10sm

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