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Event FTW95LA076

1994-12-29 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States Airport · AEG None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N737ZJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172N

Year of manufacture

1977 · 17 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19771020

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9E754

Registrant of record

LAZY EIGHTS HOLDINGS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING.

Factual narrative

On December 29, 1994, at 1445 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172N, N737ZJ, was substantially damaged while landing near Albuquerque, New Mexico. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight. The solo student pilot was not injured. The pilot/operator report stated the following information. The pilot was practicing touch-and-goes on Runway 22 at Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The second touch-and-go resulted in "loss of directional control." The aircraft subsequently went off the runway to the south (left). The right wing tip hit the ground, as the airplane came to a stop in the soft rough terrain. Wind was from 190 degrees at 8 knots. A SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING A LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING TIP HIT THE GROUND AS IT CAME TO A STOP IN THE SOFT ROUGH TERRAIN. THE WIND WAS FROM 190 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1994_FTW95LA076.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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