# Accident 20020827022169A: Cessna 172H, Fairbanks, AK, August 27, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2002, 11:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Chena Marina Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8139° N, 147.9186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8139&lon=-147.9186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3752F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3752F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020827022169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GRAVEL RUNWAY, SKIDDING, STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE AND CONTINUED INTO TREES ALONG THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC02LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA105), Aug 27, 2002: Cessna 172H (N3752F), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in the airplane exiting the runway and colliding with objects. Factors contributing to the accident were…

## Other reports on N3752F (1)

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

- [Accident 19881230057109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881230057109A), Dec 30, 1988: Cessna STC172 (N3752F), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control of the tailwheel modified 172. Zigzagged, left the runway, hit a snowbank and nosed over.

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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