# Accident 20011018027899A: Cessna 172, Southhero, VT, October 18, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2001, 16:25 local time
- Place: Southhero, VT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6203° N, 73.3056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6203&lon=-73.3056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8255B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8255B-2002-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018027899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND IT STARTED ON FIRE. THE ONLY SURVIVOR STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF AND ONCE ABOVE THE TREES, THE NOSE WENT DOWN AND THE RIGHT WING WENT UP. THE WEATHER REPORT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A CROSSWIND AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOOK-OFF. THE PILOT HAD APPROXIMATELY 140 TOTAL HOURS.

## 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 NYC02FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA012), Oct 18, 2001: Cessna 172 (N8255B), South Hero, VT, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the takeoff. Factors in this accident were wind gusts and the airplane's high gross weight condition.

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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