20010117000589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Panama City, FL · January 17, 2001

Date
January 17, 2001 · 16:35 local
Place
Panama City, FL
Airport
Panama City-Bay County
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46385
Reported as
Cessna 172K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
14 total14 in this make and model14 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.

(-23) Student pilot failed to retract flaps prior to takeoff when he realized flaps were extended he chopped the power and hit the runway breaking left wheel. The student lost control and veered off runway into grass striking wingtip on ground prior to stop.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO RETRACT FLAPS PRIOR TO TAKEOFF WHEN HE REALIZED FLAPS WERE EXTENDED HE CHOPPED THE POWER AND HIT THE RUNWAY BREAKING LEFT WHEEL. THE STUDENT LOST CONTROL AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO GRASS STRIKING WINGTIP ON GROUND PRIOR TO STOP.