# Accident 20071226831289A: Cessna 172P, Northampton, MA, December 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Northampton, MA
- Airport: Northampton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3281° N, 72.6114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3281&lon=-72.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5425K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5425K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,609 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071226831289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING SHORT FIELD TAKE OFFS, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT OF RUNWAY 32 AND CONTACTED SNOW OFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO HEAD INTO SNOW AND LEFT RUNWAY COMING TO REST IN SNOW BANK. NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF AND PROP WAS DAMAGED. UNDERSIDE OF AIRCRAFT NOSE COWL HAD SOME DAMAGE. AT TIME OF INCIDENT IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF FIREWALL (STRUCTURE) WAS DAMAGED. INSPECTION BY MECHANIC WITH INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION STATES THAT LIGHT DAMAGE TO FIREWALL WAS FOUND AFTER ACCESSING BULKHEAD UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL.

## 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 MIA08CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA045), Dec 26, 2007: Cessna 172P (N5425K), Northampton, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll and inadequate supervision by the CFI.

## Other reports on N5425K (2)

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

- [Incident 20041029028649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029028649I), Oct 29, 2004: Cessna 172P (N5425K), Westfield, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Student was on his initial solo at Barnes Municipal Airport doing take offs and landings on runway 20. Winds were out of 190@8KNTS. On his final landing…
- [Accident 20040409005689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040409005689A), Apr 9, 2004: Cessna 172P (N5425K), Westfield, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 9, 2004, the student pilot was making her first solo flight. The student pilot took off from runway 02 at Barnes airport (kbaf) for a closed…

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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