# Accident 20030526016019A: Cessna 172E, Hastings, FL, May 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Hastings, FL
- Airport: Earle Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6944° N, 81.5136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6944&lon=-81.5136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N817T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,892 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030526016019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) IT APPEARS THAT THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY MR. SWIFT ATTEMPTED A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM THE TAXIWAY ADJACENT AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE NORTH/SOUTH RUNWAY IDENTIFIED AS EARLE AIRPORT, HASTINGS, FL. IT APPEARS THAT N817T BECAME AIRBORNE PRIOR TO CROSSING THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED CLIMBING UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED IN A STEEP ANGLE OF BANK TO THE LEFT OR SOUTHBOUND. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO STALL AND BEGIN TO ROTATE TO THE LEFT AND LOSE ALTITUDE STRIKING THE GROUND IN A 45 NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE FINALLY COMING TO REST IN THICK LOW UNDER BRUSH.

## 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 MIA03LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA114), May 26, 2003: Cessna 172E (N817T), Hastings, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane resulting in in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N817T (1)

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

- [Accident 20231215020379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231215020379A), Dec 15, 2023: Cessna 172E (N817T), Greensboro, NC, Substantial damage. On December 15, 2023, at the Air Harbor Airport (W88), a non-certificated pilot crashed during an attempted take-off from runway 27 in a Cessna 172E with one…

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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