# Accident 20030601016049A: Cessna 172N, St Petersburg-C, FL, June 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2003, 10:32 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9106° N, 82.6900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9106&lon=-82.6900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9758G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9758G-2017-02-15) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 25 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030601016049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 1, 2003, ABOUT 1032 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N9758G, REGISTERED TO FOUR FOX AIR INC., AND OPERATED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, IMPACTED WITH AN AIRPORT SIGN DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AT THE ST. PETERSBURG/CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 22, HAD STARTED THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AND THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR HAD JUST STARTED TO MOVE, WHEN THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO YAW TO THE LEFT. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED WITH THE AIRPORT SIGN.

## 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 MIA03LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA116), Jun 1, 2003: Cessna 172N (N9758G), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway, and impacting with trees.

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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