# Incident 20030929032149I: Cessna 172H, Williamsburg, VA, September 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2003, 12:05 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2392° N, 76.7161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Williamsburg Jamestown Airport (JGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2392&lon=-76.7161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8238L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8238L-2008-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 325 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030929032149I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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