C172 STUDENT PLT LOST ACFT CTL AFTER HE TOO SHARPLY PUSHED THE L RUDDER TO CORRECT THE ACFT POS ON TOF.

Date: 2004-08 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: ground-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|ground-excursion-runway

Synopsis

C172 STUDENT PLT LOST ACFT CTL AFTER HE TOO SHARPLY PUSHED THE L RUDDER TO CORRECT THE ACFT POS ON TOF.

Narrative

ON MY THIRD TOUCH AND GO; I LANDED (TOUCHED GND) AND AS I WAS PUSHING THROTTLE FULL PWR I STEPPED A LITTLE TOO SHARPLY ON THE L RUDDER. THE REASON FOR THAT; I WAS SLIGHTLY R OF CTR OF RWY AND TRIED TO CTR THE PLANE AT WHICH TIME THE PLANE VEERED SEVERELY TO THE L. I PULLED BAC ON THE YOE AND PULLED THE THROTTLE ALL THE WAY BAC THAT SLOWED DOWN THE PLANE. AT THAT TIME I CROSSED THE RWY INTO THE DIRT AREA SEPARATING THE RWY FROM THE RAMP. AS I REGAINED CTL; I STOPPED THE PLANE IN THE MIDDLE OF RAMP AT WHICH TIME THE TWR CALLED AND ASED ME TO HOLD RIGHT THERE. I DID FOR A FEW MINS; THEN I ASED THE CTL TWR IF I COULD TAXI TO PARING SINCE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TXWY SO I CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ANY INCOMING TFC. THE CTL TWR ADVISED ME TO STAY RIGHT THERE; SHUT OFF THE ENG; AND CALL THE FBO. I DID THAT. I CALLED THE FBO. THEY CAME AND TOO THE PLANE TO THE SHOP FOR INSPECTION. A CITY EMPLOYEE CAME BY TO CH ON WHAT HAPPENED AND ADVISE; THE FBO NOT TO REMOVE THE PLANE NEXT TIME UNLESS SOMEBODY CAME TO CH IT FIRST. THE FBO CAME AND INSPECTED THE PLANE WHEN I CALLED THEM THINING THAT IT WAS A ROUTINE TROUBLE CALL. I RODE IN A GOLF CART WITH SOMEONE TO THE REPAIR SHOP FROM WHERE THE PLANE WAS DRIVEN BAC (MIDDLE OF THE TXWY). AFTER I GOT THE REPAIR CTR THE FIRE TRUC WAS THERE AND A PARAMEDIC ASED ME IF I WAS ALL RIGHT? I SAID I WAS FINE AND CONTINUED TO GET MY BELONGINGS FROM THE AIRPLANE AND PROCEEDED TO THE CHOUT DES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.