# Accident 20030907024989A: Cessna 172G, Greenville, MI, September 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2003
- Place: Greenville, MI
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1422° N, 85.2539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1422&lon=-85.2539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3811L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3811L-2009-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 25 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA303) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907024989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO CLIMB, ALTITUDE WAS LOST AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE TREES 3/4 MILE OFF THE END OF 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 CHI03LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA303), Sep 7, 2003: Cessna 172G (N3811L), Greenville, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate takeoff procedure with the use of 20 degrees of flaps. Contributing factors were the interrelated effects of high aircraft weight, the density altitude, and the relative…

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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