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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Blaine, WA · June 5, 1997

Date
June 5, 1997 · 17:40 local
Place
Blaine, WA
Airport
Blaine Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21763
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total500 in this make and model39 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: while taking off on runway 14 (2,090 ft.) at Blaine, Washington the pilot said that the Cessna 172M airspeed indicator was not reaching the recommended speed for rotation. At approximately 1,100 feet into the take off roll, the airspeed indicator showed 40 knots and the pilot elected to abort the take off. The aircraft went off the end of the runway and came to a stop in black berry bushes approximately 120 feet off the runway end. The related police report noted 200 feet of tire skid marks on the runway, leading to the ground track left by the aircraft on the overrun area. During the overrun, the nose gear went into a hole and one prop tip was bent as a result. Inspection by a mechanic at Blaine showed no other damage. The aircraft was ferried to aviation northwest in bellingham, Washington and the airspeed indicator was found to be inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 14 (2,090 FT.) AT BLAINE, WASHINGTON THE PILOT SAID THAT THE CESSNA 172M AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS NOT REACHING THE RECOMMENDED SPEED FOR ROTATION. AT APPROXIMATELY 1,100 FEET INTO THE TAKE OFF ROLL, THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR SHOWED 40 KNOTS AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN BLACK BERRY BUSHES APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY END. THE RELATED POLICE REPORT NOTED 200 FEET OF TIRE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY, LEADING TO THE GROUND TRACK LEFT BY THE AIRCRAFT ON THE OVERRUN AREA. DURING THE OVERRUN, THE NOSE GEAR WENT INTO A HOLE AND ONE PROP TIP WAS BENT AS A RESULT. INSPECTION BY A MECHANIC AT BLAINE SHOWED NO OTHER DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO AVIATION NORTHWEST IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON AND THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE.