# Accident 20081022857089A: Cessna 175A, Foley, AL, October 22, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2008, 13:22 local time
- Place: Foley, AL
- Airport: Foley Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4277° N, 87.7010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Foley Municipal Airport (5R4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4277&lon=-87.7010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7917T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7917T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT GO300C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081022857089A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON OCTOBER 22, 2008, 1322 LOCAL,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED TO RUNWY 18 FOR TAKEOFF.  ON TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND STALLED.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUSHED THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE OVER TO RECOVER FROM THE STALL.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DOWN THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND BROKE A FUEL LINE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED FROM THE FIRE AND THE PILOT HAS SERIOUS INJURIES AND STILL REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL.  NORE: IN ITEM #31 ABOVE  (PILOTS INFORMATION) THE HOURS MAKE AND MODEL, HOURS  LAST 90 DAYS, TOTAL HOURS, AND REGULATORY CHECK RIDE WAS UNABLE TO BE PROVIDED DUE TO THE PILOT NOT BEING ABLE TO TALK AFTER RECEIVING INJURIES IN THE FIRE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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