20070110000429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Lancaster, CA · January 10, 2007

Date
January 10, 2007 · 09:34 local
Place
Lancaster, CA
Airport
Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N534SP
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA07LA044
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total72 in this make and model6 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) The pilot had made a full stop landing just short of the fixed distance markers on runway 24. He then began a takeoff from that point. Just past the end of the fixed distance markers, at about 40 to 50 knots, the left wing "lifted" and the airplane began veering to the left. Pilot applied right rudder to correct, but the aircraft continued left, exited the runway and struck a berm as the airplane began correcting to the right. The aircraft flipped over, causing substantial damage. About 3 minutes prior to his takeoff roll, a Cessna citation 560 had landed long, overflying the fixed distance markers and touching down beyond them. The winds were light and variable, reported as being between 150 at 3 and 230 at 4 during the pilot's takeoff roll. The right main and nose tires left marks on the runway. No flat spots were noted on the tires.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT HAD MADE A FULL STOP LANDING JUST SHORT OF THE FIXED DISTANCE MARKERS ON RUNWAY 24. HE THEN BEGAN A TAKEOFF FROM THAT POINT. JUST PAST THE END OF THE FIXED DISTANCE MARKERS, AT ABOUT 40 TO 50 KNOTS, THE LEFT WING "LIFTED" AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT. PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT, EXITED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A BERM AS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN CORRECTING TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ABOUT 3 MINUTES PRIOR TO HIS TAKEOFF ROLL, A CESSNA CITATION 560 HAD LANDED LONG, OVERFLYING THE FIXED DISTANCE MARKERS AND TOUCHING DOWN BEYOND THEM. THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, REPORTED AS BEING BETWEEN 150 AT 3 AND 230 AT 4 DURING THE PILOT'S TAKEOFF ROLL. THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE TIRES LEFT MARKS ON THE RUNWAY. NO FLAT SPOTS WERE NOTED ON THE TIRES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.