NTSB CEN21LA433 — 2021-09-15 · Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States

Current FAA registration · N767CG

Make / Model: CESSNA 172N
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19770624
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S AA5BC2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N767CG Cessna 172 None

Probable cause & findings

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a touch and go landing.

Factual narrative

The student pilot reported that while performing a touch and go landing, the airplane drifted to the left edge of the runway. The student pilot advanced the throttle to full power, but he was unable to maintain directional control of the airplane. The airplane became airborne momentarily, but subsequently descended and impacted terrain on both sides of the runway before coming to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

— Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Student/instructed pilot
— Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Not attained/maintained

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2021_CEN21LA433.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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