# Accident 20041009025779A: Cessna 172K, Knoxville, TN, October 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2004, 08:59 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Sky Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8856° N, 83.9575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8856&lon=-83.9575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78211, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78211-2010-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 51 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041009025779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10-09-2004 AT 0859 EST, STUDENT PILOT WILLIAM T. LINTON, DEPARTED SKY RANCH AIRPORT (TN98) NEAR KNOXVILLE, TN, ON HIS THIRD SOLO TAKEOFF OF THAT DAY. THE STUDENT PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY STATED THAT AFTER EXECUTING A NORMAL SOFT-FIELD TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT TRIED TO TURN LEFT, HE CORRECTED, AND THEN IT WENT TO THE LEFT AGAIN. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED THAT HE WOULD CRASH INTO A HANGAR SO HE LET THE NOSE DOWN, THEN THOUGH HE NEEDED TO BE GOING SLOWER AND PULLED BACK ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, STRUCK THE LEFT WING TIP ON THE GROUND, THEN THE NOSE IMPACTED THE SURFACE, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AGAINST A HANGAR BEAM FACING BACK THE DIRECTION IT CAME.

## 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 ATL05CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA002), Oct 9, 2004: Cessna 172K (N78211), Knoxville, TN, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on initial take off climb resulted in an inadvertent stall and an uncontrolled descent into the ground.

## Other reports on N78211 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740221004589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740221004589A), Feb 21, 1974: Cessna 172K (N78211), Corpus Chrsti, TX, Substantial damage. Plt prev briefed by FAA control tower of strong gusty 28-36K vbl winds bfor taxying.

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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