# Accident 20080919847929A: Cessna 172L, York, NE, September 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2008, 16:13 local time
- Place: York, NE
- Airport: York Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8969° N, 97.6228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8969&lon=-97.6228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4380Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4380Q-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,945 total, 652 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080919847929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2008, CESSNA 172L, N4380Q, TAXIED TO RUNWAY 17 AT THE YORK, NE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT WAS INITIATED WITH THE INTENTION OF A VFR TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  A WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL ON 17 JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 17/35 AND 05/23.  THE WITNESS ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 100 TO 150 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), AT A CLIMB ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES WITH THE WING LEVEL AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCH CHANGED TO A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS UNTIL IT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 175 FEET FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT.  THE ANGLE OF THE SKID WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES EAST FROM THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 17.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 DEN08FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA155), Sep 19, 2008: Cessna 172L (N4380Q), York, NE, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, and the flight instructor's failure to take remedial action, for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N4380Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19750130002369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750130002369A), Jan 30, 1975: Cessna 172L (N4380Q), Eden Prairie, MN, Substantial damage

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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