# Accident 20110627011119A: Cessna 172S, June 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2011, 08:00 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OW6A
- Location: 39.5592° N, 109.7097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5592&lon=-109.7097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N674SP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110627011119A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT ATTENPTED A TAKEOFF FROM A DIRT STRIP, WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AND IMPACTED THE SECOND DIRT BERM WHICH REMOVED THE NOSE WHEEL, AND NOSED THE AIRCRAFT OVER COMMING TO REST ON ITS TOP.INTERVEW OF THE PILOT REVELED THAT HE USED 20 DEGREE OF FLAP FOR THE TAKEOFF, AND THAT ACCORDING TO THE POH, DEPLOYMENT OF FLAPS OF MORE THAN 10 DEGREE IS PROHIBITED IN THIS MODELOF AIRCRAFT.THE INSTRUCTOR STSTED THAT HE WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE DIRT BERM AND CRASHED, HE STATED THAT THE STUDENT WAS FLYING FROM THE LEFT SEAT AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.THE INSTRUCTOR THEN STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT BECAUSE HE FELT THAT THE TAKE OFF WAS GOING TO BE "TIGHT". BUT THE PREFORMANCE NUMBERS WORKED.THE PREFORMANCE NUMBERS WERE CALUCLATED WITH 10 DEG OF FLAPS NOT 20 DEG.

## 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 WPR11CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA295), Jun 27, 2011: Cessna 172S (N674SP), Price, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt a takeoff at a density altitude outside of the takeoff performance envelope of the aircraft along with using an aircraft flap setting higher than the manufacture's…

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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