# Accident 20091108050929A: Cessna 172N, Luray, VA, November 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Luray, VA
- Airport: Luray Caverns
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6669° N, 78.5006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6669&lon=-78.5006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738CD) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 299 total, 299 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091108050929A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKE-OFF FROM LURAY CAVERNS AIRPORT (W45) ON RUNWAY 22  PILOT FAILED TO ESTABLISH PROPER CLIMB RATED, AT APPROMATLY 8 FT ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND TOUCHED BACK ON THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED ONCE AND LANDED 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT CHOOSE TO DEPART THE HARD SURFACE TO THE RIGHT INTO THE GRASS KNOWING SHE COUND NOT STOP AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE GRASS WAS WET AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED 575 FEET FROM THE POINT IT LEFT THE HARD SURFACE.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK LIGHTS AND A FENCE POLE AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  NO ONE WAS HURT.

## 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 ERA10LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA055), Nov 8, 2009: Cessna 172 (N738CD), Luray, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's premature rotation and liftoff and her subsequent failure to recognize and correct for the influence of ground effect on the airplane's takeoff performance.

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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