# Accident 20110808018469A: Cessna 172S, St. Augustine, FL, August 8, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2011, 12:30 local time
- Place: St. Augustine, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.0105° N, 81.4108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0105&lon=-81.4108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65777 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA446) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110808018469A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT ADVISED THAT AFTER DROPPING OFF HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AT THE TOWER SHE DID ONE SUCCESSFUL LANDING AND FULL STOP ON RUNWAY 31. SHE TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 31 AND WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND BEGAN TO ROLL WHEN SHE NOTICED HER DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED. SHE TRIED TO GET THE DOOR SHUT WHEN SHE REALIZED SHE WAS LEAVING THE RUNWAY AND GOING INTO THE GRASS. SHE REMEMBERS CROSSING HER ARMS ON HER CHEST TO BRACE FOR IMPACT AND WAS THEN UPSIDE DOWN IN THE AIRCRAFT AT REST. INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENE REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AFTER THE INITIAL THROTTLE APPLICATION LEAVING LEAVING THE RUNWAY ONLY A FEW FEET PAST THE 2-20 RUNWAY MARKER WHILST RUNNING OVER A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ACCROS THE GRASS APPROXIMATELY 372 FEET UNTIL IT STRUCK A BERM WHERE IT APPEARS TO HAVE LEFT THE GROUND TOUCHING DOWN ON TAXIWAY B, 167 FEET LATER, IT STAYED ON THE GROUND TRAVELING THROUGH THE GRASS ANOTHER 152 FEET WHERE IT APPEARES THE PROPELLER HIT THE GROUN ON ANOTHER BERM WHERE THE NOSE GEAR DETACHED, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE LEFT THE GROUND AGAIN THIS TIME COMING DOWN 60 FEET FURTHER HITTING NOSE FIRST AND ROLLING FORWARD ONTO ITS BACK AND COMING TO REST.

## 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 ERA11CA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA446), Aug 8, 2011: Cessna 172S (N65777), St. Augustine, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control while attempting to close the airplane's door during takeoff roll.

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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