# Incident 19990518015689I: Cessna 172E, Front Royal, VA, May 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1999, 20:35 local time
- Place: Front Royal, VA
- Airport: Front Royal/Warren Co Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9175° N, 78.2534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRONT ROYAL-WARREN COUNTY (FRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9175&lon=-78.2534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3752S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3752S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990518015689I

## Narrative

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

MR. MARK HUTCHINS, PILOT IN COMMAND OF N35725, WAS FLYING RIGHT SEAT DEMONSTRATION A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. N35725 WAS EASTBOUND, IN THE GRASS, PARALLEL TO PAVED RUNWAY WITH 20 FLAPS. MR. HUTCHINS WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PROGRESS OF TAKEOFF AND DECIDED TO ABORT. MR. HUTCHINS REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, RETRACTED FLAPS AND BRAKED. AIRCRAFT WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO A FENCE.

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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