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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Mentone, IN · February 12, 1978

Date: February 12, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place: Mentone, IN
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4350L
Reported as: Cessna 172
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 96 total78 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4350LRegistration cancelled Jul 7, 2009 · Cessna 172GS/N 17254422 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 172G Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departing from a center plowed snowy runway, lost directional control. Nosed up in the deeper snow.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTING FROM A CENTER PLOWED SNOWY RUNWAY, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. NOSED UP IN THE DEEPER SNOW.

Other reports on N4350L · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19810816072569IFinal Approach · Parkersburg, WVTower advised pilot to extend approach. Pilot complied with tower request. Ran out of fuel, landed on highway.Aug 16, 1981