# Incident 20010715019359I: Cessna 172N, Tucson, AZ, July 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2001, 17:25 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4796E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4796E-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 100 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010715019359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT JUST AS HE ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF A "GUST" HIT THE PLANE AND IT BEGAN DRIFTING OFF OF CENTER LINE. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTONAL CONTROL, VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, AND HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N4796E (1)

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

- [Accident 20020823023259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020823023259A), Aug 23, 2002: Cessna 172N (N4796E), Mesa, AZ, Destroyed. (-23) On take off from Falcon field in Mesa, AZ, at about 100 feet into th e climb, the student pilot yelled fire. The instructor started shut down procedures…

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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