# Accident 20000213011489A: Cessna 172F, Norridgewock, ME, February 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Norridgewock, ME
- Airport: Central Maine Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7155° N, 69.8665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7155&lon=-69.8665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5679R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5679R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000213011489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO TAKE-OFF DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 AT THE CENTRAL MAINE REGIONAL AIRPORT. AT OR ABOUT THE ROTATION SPEED OF BETWEEN 60 OR 70 MILES PER HOUR, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO ICE ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE START OF RUNWAY 21 AND COLLIDED WITH THE SNOWBANK RUNNING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  STRIKING THE SNOWBANK CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP PARTIALLY ON THE AIRCRAFT'S TOP SECTION WITH THE FRONT OR NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FACING THE DEPARTING END OF RUNWAY 21.                       (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE FLEW WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR BEFORE DEPARTING ON HIS SOLO FLIGHT. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED SEVERAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS TO INCLUDE BOTH TOUCH-AND-GO AND FULL STOP. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE WAS SERVICED WITH FUEL AND ANOTHER PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HIS INSTRUCTOR PROVIDED A COMPLETE BRIEFING, AND HE DEPARTED ON HIS SOLO FLIGHT. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT, OVERAN A PATCH OF ICE, YAWED FURTHER LEFT AND STRUCK A SNOWBANK. BOTH THE STUD ENT PILOT AND THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD00LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA022), Feb 13, 2000: Cessna 172 (N5679R), Norridgewock, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's loss of directional control during the takeoff roll.

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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