# Accident 20020910026729A: Cessna 172P, Mocksville, NC, September 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2002, 11:45 local time
- Place: Mocksville, NC
- Airport: Twin Lakes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9025° N, 80.4614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9025&lon=-80.4614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62602, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62602-2011-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020910026729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BENJAMIN N. BLANKENSHIP OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) WAS RECEIVING A "FORM 5 CHECKRIDE" FROM DAVID GAMBLE (CFI) OF THE (CAP) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2002. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SUGAR VALLEY (31A) AND HEADED TOWARD TWIN LAKES AIRPORT (8A7) FOR A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT TO A FULL STOP LANDING. TWO MILES FROM THE TWIN LAKES AIRPORT THE POWER WAS REDUCED FOR A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CIRCLE TO THE LEFT TO LOSE ALTITUDE, AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 9 BLANKENSHIP TURNED TOWARD THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND OVER HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, BLANKENSHIP PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD (AIRSPEED INCREASED) TO LAND. AIRCRAFT WAS IN GROUND EFFECT WHEN GAMBLE BEGAN A MISSED APPROACH. DURING MISSED APPROACH AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREES ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE AIRPORT. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2002, AT 1145 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME A CESSNA 172P, N62602, REGISTERED TO CIVIL AIR PATROL INC., AND OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 9, AT THE MOCKSVILLE TWIN LAKES AIRPORT IN MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISION OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULE                              S. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED EXACT TIME IS UNDETERMINED. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL WITNESSES, THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING A TAKEOFF PHASE OF THE PROCEDURE FROM RUNWAY 09, THEY SAW THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF ABOUT TWO THIRDS DOWN THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO HAVE STALLED AND COLLIDED WITH TREES ON THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE GROUND.

## 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 ATL02LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA168), Sep 10, 2002: Cessna 172P (N62602), Mocksville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the takeoff and initial climb which resulted in an inadvertent stall and the subsequent collision with trees.

## Other reports on N62602 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820704047799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820704047799I), Jul 4, 1982: Cessna 172 (N62602), Middle River, MD. Landed at wrong airport, wrong runway for takeoff. Disoriented en route, ran off runway on another takeoff.

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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