# Accident 19940828023969A: Cessna 172P, Plato Center, IL, August 28, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1994, 16:32 local time
- Place: Plato Center, IL
- Airport: Olson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0014° N, 88.4746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0014&lon=-88.4746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97618, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97618-2011-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA289) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940828023969A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATTEMPTED OVER GROSS TAKEOFF FLAPS 20. FAILED TO CLEAR TREES END OF RUNWAY. POH STATES FLAPS 10 FOR SHORT TAKEOFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI94LA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA289), Aug 28, 1994: Cessna 172 (N97618), Plato Center, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO TAKE OFF ON A SHORT RUNWAY WITH A GROSS WEIGHT WHICH EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WEIGHT AND AN IMPROPER FLAP SETTING. A FACTOR WAS THE LOCATION OF OBSTRUCTIONS (TREES) AT…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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