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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172I · Mora, MN · March 4, 1994

Date: March 4, 1994 · 15:30 local
Place: Mora, MN
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N46255
Reported as: Cessna 172I
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,350 total100 in this make and model

N46255Registered now · Cessna 172IS/N 17257140 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172I Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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 failed to ensure seat was locked in position. Seat slid back on takeoff. Lost control. Left runway,hit snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO ENSURE SEAT WAS LOCKED IN POSITION.SEAT SLID BACK ON TAKEOFF.LOST CONTROL.LEFT RUNWAY,HIT SNOWBANK.