38.3498° N, 81.6326° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 5, 1979 · 19:00 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Kanawha
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N73323
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,700 total30 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.
Aircraft failed to accelerate normally. Pilot aborted takeoff. Left parking brake had not released, was dragging.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT FAILED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF. LEFT PARKING BRAKE HAD NOT RELEASED, WAS DRAGGING.