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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Panama City, FL · April 19, 1996

Date
April 19, 1996 · 13:55 local
Place
Panama City, FL
Airport
Panama City-Bay County
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9893Q
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total100 in this make and model50 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.

Narrative: the pilot departed runway 14 at Panama City, Florida airport with three passengers on a hot day and during takeoff and climb noticed a slow acceleration and climb. The pilot decided to discontinue the flight at an unknown altitude, and landed safely without aircraft damage or injuries just outside of the airport boundary. Investigation revealed that the engine was operating normally, and did reach full power on a runup. No apparent aircraft problem could be found after checking the engine. The aircraft was at its maximum gross weight. The day was hot, density altitude was a contributing factor for poor aircraft performance.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 14 AT PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA AIRPORT WITH THREE PASSENGERS ON A HOT DAY AND DURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMB NOTICED A SLOW ACCELERATION AND CLIMB. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THE FLIGHT AT AN UNKNOWN ALTITUDE, AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OR INJURIES JUST OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY, AND DID REACH FULL POWER ON A RUNUP. NO APPARENT AIRCRAFT PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND AFTER CHECKING THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT ITS MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT. THE DAY WAS HOT, DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR FOR POOR AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE.