# Incident 20070715011499I: Cessna 172P, Fort Worth, TX, July 15, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2007, 15:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EW6S
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65482, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65482-2010-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 2 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715011499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT TAXIED FOR TAKE-OFF. STUDENT THOUGHT HE WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF RUNWAY 17 AND ASKED THE TOWER FOR CLEARANCE. THE TOWER TOLD THE PILOT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE FULL LENGTH, BUT CLEARED THE STUDENT FOR TAKE-OFF FROM INTERSECTION 9/17. THE STUDENT BEGAN TAKE-OFF ROLL AND SOON AFTERWARD REALIZED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR TAKE-OFF. THE STUDENT THEN PULLED POWER AND APPLIED BRAKES ATTEMPTING TO STOP BUT COULD NOT. AFTER REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT ONTO A TAXIWAY AND IN DOING SO HIT A TAXIWAY SIGN.

## Other reports on N65482 (1)

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

- [Accident 19870524015749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870524015749A), May 24, 1987: Cessna 172P (N65482), New Haven, CT, Substantial damage. Low on fuel,vectored over an airport. Ran out of fuel,circled,landed on last part of runway and ran off into a fence

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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