# Accident 20080513839069A: Cessna 172, Jamestown, PA, May 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Jamestown, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4833° N, 80.4333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4833&lon=-80.4333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9822T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9822T-2019-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080513839069A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 13, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL TIME, THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO DEPART FROM A WET 1500 FT GRASS FIELD WITH TWO PASSENGERS AND 3/4 FUEL.  THE AIRCRAFT USED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE TAKEOFF AREA AND BECAME AIRBORNE, CLIMBING, TO 20-25 FEET.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM UTILITY LINES, THE AIRCRAFT YAWED HARD LEFT AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GROUND EFFECT.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND (UNPLANTED CORN FIELD) APPROX 700 FT BEYOND THE END OF THE UNIMPROVED RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PIC RECEIVED MINOR INJURES (BRUISE TO FOREHEAD), AND THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER RECEIVED CUTS ON HIS HANDS AND FINGERS EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC DID NOT NOTIFY THE NTSB OR FAA FOR 18 HOURS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE (CORN FIELD) TO AN AREA NEAR THE UNIMPROVED RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA08CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA100), May 13, 2008: Cessna 172A (N9822T), Jamestown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control after takeoff resulting in contact with the ground. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning resulting in a takeoff from a…

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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