# Accident 20030720015979A: Cessna 172P, Plymouth, FL, July 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2003, 10:45 local time
- Place: Plymouth, FL
- Airport: Orlanda Country Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7069° N, 81.5817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7069&lon=-81.5817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52186, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52186-2008-09-03) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 985 total, 500 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030720015979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 20, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 EDT A CESSNA CE 172-P AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE EXISTING RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ABORT A TAKE OFF WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGAGED IN A TITLE 49, CFR PART 141 TRAINING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PIC AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED AND VFR WEATHER PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THEY WERE DOING A TOUCH AND GO AND HE WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS TO DEMONSTRATE A SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF WHEN FELT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD. HE STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD A "POPPING" SOUND AND SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE MIXTURE WAS FOUND IN THE FULL RICH POSITION AND THE POWER FULL OPEN WITH THE MAGNETOS IN THE OFF POSITION. THE ENGINE WILL BE GROUND TESTED.

## 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 MIA03LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA143), Jul 20, 2003: Cessna 172P (N52186), Plymouth, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continue operation with known deficiencies (engine vibration) resulting in a partial loss of engine power during climb after takeoff and overrun of the runway during the aborted 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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