# Accident 20110801017559A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Rawlins, WY, August 1, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2011, 15:45 local time
- Place: Rawlins, WY
- Airport: Rawlins Municipal/Harvey Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8033° N, 107.2000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8033&lon=-107.2000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7024V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7024V-2011-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110801017559A

## Narrative

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

PILOT COMMENCED TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 10 WITH A TAILWIND.  AIRCRAFT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE, RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND FLIPPED ONTO TOP CREATING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR11CA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA365), Aug 1, 2011: Cessna 162 (N7024V), Rawlings, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt a takeoff at a density altitude that was outside the performance envelope of the airplane. Also causal was the flight's likely encounter with a sudden tailwind gust.

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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