# Accident 20091218052529A: Cessna 172P, Ames, IA, December 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2009, 12:15 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9919° N, 93.6219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9919&lon=-93.6219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99930, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99930-2012-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 48 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091218052529A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 01 AT 40 KNOTS THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A PATCH OF SNOW COVERED ICE AND A LEFT CROSSWIND, AS STATED BY THE PILOT. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT AND TRAVEL ACROSS THE RUNWAY WHERE THE PROPELLER AND NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A SNOW BANK. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED NEAR THE FIRST TAXIWAY ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN10CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA077), Dec 18, 2009: Cessna 172P (N99930), Ames, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while attempting a takeoff on an ice-covered runway.

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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