# Incident 19951120042049I: Cessna 172P, Friendly, MD, November 20, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1995, 14:00 local time
- Place: Friendly, MD
- Airport: Potomac Airfield Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7486° N, 76.9559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POTOMAC AIRFIELD (VKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7486&lon=-76.9559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63325, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63325-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 51 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951120042049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 EST, STUDENT PILOT PAUL HOSEFROS INITIATED A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 24 AT POTOMAC AIRFIELD IN FRIENDLY, MD. HE WAS USING A MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE (SHORT FIELD) TECHNIQUE FOR HIS TAKEOFF, AND APPLIED FULL POWER PRIOR TO BRAKE RELEASE. UPON RELEASING THE BRAKES THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK NEARBY VASE PANELS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS MATTER IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N63325 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990921043679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990921043679A), Sep 21, 1999: Cessna 172P (N63325), Friendly, MD, No damage. (-23) CFI and instrument rated pilot departed runway 6 at vkx. After liftoff pilot noticed airspeed indicator inop. CFI took controls because of turbulent…

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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