# Accident 20000829040019A: Cessna 172L, Windsor, NH, August 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Windsor, NH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1125° N, 72.0178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Windsor, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1125&lon=-72.0178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7664G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7664G-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,480 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000829040019A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT INITIATED A TAKEOFF TOWARD OBSTACLES. ONCE AIRBORNE HE DECIDED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE OBSTACLES AND HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO ROUGH TERRAIN WHERE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP THE SECOND PASSENGER AT A NEARBY AIRPORT. PERFORMANCE DATA INDICATED THE AIRPLANE WOULD NEED ABOUT 1,975 TO CLEAR A 50-FOOT OBSTACLE. THE PILOT REPORTED THE TURF RUNWAY WAS ABOUT 1,600 FEET LONG, WITH A ROUGH SURFACE OVERRUN OF ABOUT 500 FEET, AND 50-FOOT HIGH TREES AT THE END OF THE OVERRUN. (-23) PILOT INITIATED THE TAKEOFF TO THE NORTH TOWARD TREES AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, DECIDED THE AIRPLANE MIGHT NOT CLEAR THE TREES. PILOT CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BACK ONTO THE TURF RUNWAY CONTINUING ONTO THE ROUGH DIRT AREA. WHILE ROLLING THE DIRT, THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A DEPRESSION AND WAS SHEARED OFF. THE NOSE THEN STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 NYC00LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA244), Aug 29, 2000: Cessna 172L (N7664G), Windsor, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper preflight planning to make a takeoff toward obstacles, and his delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in an overrun into unsuitable terrain.

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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