# Accident 20091107051379A: Cessna 172S, Middletown, DE, November 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, DE
- Airport: Summit Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5208° N, 75.7236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5208&lon=-75.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N134B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091107051379A

## Narrative

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

THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT SUMMIT AIRPORT, MIDDLETOWN, DE.  THE THROTTLE WAS MOVED FOWARD RAPIDLY TO COMMENCE THE TAKE OFF AND INADEQUATE RIGHT RUDDER WAS USED.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS STRUCK ALONG WITH THE ELEVATED BERM OF A CROSSING TAXIWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, NOSE STRUT, FIREWALL AND UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE WIND DIRECTION WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 AND THE WIND SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 9 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WHICH ACCORDING TO THE PILOT CONTRIBUTED TO THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA10CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA057), Nov 7, 2009: Cessna 172S (N134B), Summit, DE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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