# Accident 20050623024589A: Cessna 172, Willis, MI, June 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Willis, MI
- Airport: Downwind Acres Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2381° N, 83.5303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2381&lon=-83.5303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6324E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6324E-2013-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 146 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050623024589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) I/A/W THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ DURING THE TAKE-OFF (TURF, RNWY 6) THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT. HE THEN TRIED TO CORRECT BY THE USE OF LEFT RUDDER W/O ANY EFFECT (RUDDER APPEARS TO BE LOCKED). THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX. 10 FT ABOVE THE GROUND SO HE IMMEDIATELY PUT IT BACK ON THE RNWY. THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT (LEFT BRAKE LOCKED) AND WENT INTO THE TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF SUCH RNWY WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP APPROX. 1,300 FT FROM THE START/BEGINNING OF IT.

## 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 CHI05CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA155), Jun 23, 2005: Cessna 172 (N6324E), Willis, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane due to undetermined reasons. A factor associated with the accident were the trees that the airplane contacted during the aborted…

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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