# Incident 19980418008769I: Cessna 172P, Tulsa, OK, April 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1998
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54855, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54855) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,354 total, 1 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980418008769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKEOFF, A CESSNA 172, N54855, WAS OBSERVED WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, DRAGGING THE TAIL ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY, WITH THE LEFT MLG DRAGGING IN THE DIRT. THE RIGHT ELEVATOR PLASTIC TIP DRAGGED ON THE RUNWAY. THEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE. THE TAIL TIE DOWN RING WAS WORN AND THE PLASTIC ELEVATOR TIP WAS WORN. NO OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. THIS WAS THE PILOT'S FIRST FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 172 MODEL. HE SAID HE WAS PRACTICING A "SOFT FIELD" TAKEOFF FROM RVS RUNWAY 01-L AND DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY BEFORE GETTING AIRBORNE.

## Other reports on N54855 (2)

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

- [Incident 20110204002749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110204002749I), Feb 4, 2011: Cessna 172P (N54855), Fort Pierce, FL, No damage. Student pilot in CE-172, N54855, was taxiing out 10R for departure when student pilot instructed by CFI to move a "little" left on runway to avoid aircraft at…
- [Incident 19890817051619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890817051619I), Aug 17, 1989: Cessna 172P (N54855), Tulsa, OK. Made a hard landing. Landed aircraft on nose tire. Blew the tire and propeller struck the ground.

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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