# Accident 20080720840529A: Cessna 172, Leavenworth, WA, July 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Leavenworth, WA
- Airport: Lake Wenatchee State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8192° N, 120.7197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8192&lon=-120.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80849, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80849-2011-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 856 total, 766 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080720840529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN INITIATED TAKEOFF TO THE WEST IN CALM WIND CONDITIONS.  AIRMAN STATED THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF, ENTERED GROUND EFFECT, BUT WOULD NOT CLIMB FURTHER.  AIRMAN STATED THAT SHE WAS FLYING APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 55 KIAS, AND THAT AS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE FIELD, SHE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, REDUCED POWER, AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRMAN STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SLASH PILE, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  AIRMAN AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUFFER POST ACCIDENT FIRE.  IN POST ACCIDENT INTERVIEW AIRMAN CONFIRMED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW THE TEMPEATURE AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF.

## 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 LAX08CA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA234), Jul 20, 2008: Cessna 172M (N80849), Leavenworth, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to attain a sufficient airspeed to continue the takeoff. A contributing factor was the high density altitude and short runway.

## Other reports on N80849 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810313010629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810313010629A), Mar 13, 1981: Cessna 172M (N80849), Roche Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Failed to recover. Came down hard on nose wheel, collapsing same.

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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