# Accident 20090730048459A: Cessna 172N, Manassas, VA, July 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2009, 13:40 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: M3NS
- Location: 38.7194° N, 77.5092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7194&lon=-77.5092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA430) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730048459A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 2009 A STUDENT PILOT OPERATING A CESSNA 172N, R/N: N733BS MADE A NORMAL DEPARTURE FROM MANASSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KHEF). UPON RETURNING TO (KHEF) HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 34L. HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND EXITED  RWY 34L AT TAXIWAY A3. HE RETURNED TO TAXIWAY A3 TO PERFORM ANOTHER TAKEOFF AND LANDING IN THE PATTERN. THE AIRMAN WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AICRAFT DEPARTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY AREA. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RWY SIGN AND BECAME AIRBORNE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR & THE OIL COOLER HOSE. IN TURN OIL BEGAN LEAKING. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO A PATTERN ALTITUDE. AFTER CIRCLING A BRIEF TIME THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP IN A GRASSY AREA ABOUT 705 FT. RIGHT FROM RWY 34L.

## 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 ERA09CA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA430), Jul 30, 2009: Cessna 172N (N733BS), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

## Other reports on N733BS (2)

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

- [Accident 20070825829909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825829909A), Aug 25, 2007: Cessna 172N (N733BS), Manassas, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot was on his third solo flight and on landing porpoised the aircraft several times down the runway. The damage that was done to the aircraft…
- [Accident 19790606013529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790606013529A), Jun 6, 1979: Cessna 172N (N733BS), Willard, OH, Substantial damage. Commercial pilot was checking new private pilot out in type acft. Gave simulated engine out. Ran off end rwy.

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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