# Incident 20030912031019I: Cessna 172M, Yorktown, VA, September 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2003, 17:09 local time
- Place: Yorktown, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2340° N, 76.5182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yorktown, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2340&lon=-76.5182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3590Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3590Q-2006-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912031019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2003, JOHN GRIEFF, AS PIC OF A CE-172M (N3590Q) ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM THE YORK RIVER, NORTH OF YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA. THE TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED AFTER AN HOUR DELAY DUE TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PILOT STATED THE TAKEOFF WAS UNEVENTFUL AS THERE WERE ONLY SMALL RIPPLES IN THE WATER IN THE PROTECTED AREA OF THE RIVER. JUST BEFORE LIFT OFF FROM THE SURFACE, A WAVE CAUGHT THE RIGHT REAR FLOAT, CAUSING THE FLOATS TO COLLAPSE. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOATS, THE LEFT DOOR RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND LEFT WINGTIP WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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