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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Williamsburg, VA · September 29, 2003

Date
September 29, 2003 · 12:05 local
Place
Williamsburg, VA
Airport
Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8238L
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total325 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated that on take-off the engine became rough and lost power. The pilot attempted to land back on the remaining runway but could not stop within the remaining runway; he overran the runway and struck the ditch. Subsequent engine run determined that the number 2 cylinder exhaust valve was stuck in the open position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND BACK ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY BUT COULD NOT STOP WITHIN THE REMAINING RUNWAY; HE OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE DITCH. SUBSEQUENT ENGINE RUN DETERMINED THAT THE NUMBER 2 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION.