# Accident 20100724039389A: Cessna 172N, Waynesboro, VA, July 24, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2010, 15:57 local time
- Place: Waynesboro, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0600° N, 78.8996° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0600&lon=-78.8996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3480E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3480E-2014-09-08) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100724039389A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A SHORT RUNWAY (2,000 FEET PAVED AND 400 FEET GRASS AREA PRIOR TO PAVED PORTION) UNDER HOT TEMPERATURE 37 DEGREES CELSIUS, DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FEET AND AT OR CLOSE TO MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT, THE PILOT COULD NOT GET THE AIRPLANE TO GAIN ALTITUDE ON CLIMB OUT.  PILOT MANEUVERED TO AVOID TREES AND A POWER LINE POLE.  AIRPLANE MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD BEFORE STRIKING SEVERAL FENCES.

## 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 ERA10LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA377), Jul 24, 2010: Cessna 172N (N3480E), Waynesboro, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the short-field takeoff procedures published in the Pilot's Operating Handbook.

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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