# Accident 20020825026429A: Cessna 172N, Tarboro, NC, August 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2002, 10:05 local time
- Place: Tarboro, NC
- Airport: Tarboro-Edgecombe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9394° N, 77.5467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9394&lon=-77.5467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2291E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2291E) (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
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020825026429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON CROSS COUNTRY SOLO AND WAS ATTEMPTING TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT AIRPORT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF. STUDENT PILOT STATED HE FAILED TO RETRACT FLAPS, WHICH WERE IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. STUDENT PILOT OVERCONTROLLED, AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO A DRAIN DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER. AIRCRAFT WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA02LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA158), Aug 25, 2002: Cessna 172N (N2291E), Tarboro, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the solo student to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll/run which resulted in the airplane veering off the runway and impacting trees, incurring…

## Other reports on N2291E (1)

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

- [Accident 20050210004469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050210004469A), Feb 10, 2005: Cessna 172N (N2291E), Crafton, ND, Substantial damage. (-23) The private pilot began a flight from park rapids, MN (pkd) to crookston, MN (ckn) and then proceeded to Grafton, ND (gaf). On landing at Grafton on…

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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