# Incident 20111112026159I: Cessna 172M, Lawrence, MA, November 12, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2011, 12:27 local time
- Place: Lawrence, MA
- Airport: Lawrence Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7170° N, 71.1235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE MUNI (LWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7170&lon=-71.1235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9931Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9931Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 77 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111112026159I

## Narrative

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

1/12/11 AT 12:23 PM EST N9931Q VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 23 IN LWM. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRPORT EQUIPMENT REPORTED. THE AIRPORT AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WHERE CLEAR AND DRY WITH THE RECORDED WINDS AT THE TIME WERE 4 KNOTS AT 200 DEGREES. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL SUNK INTO THE MUDDY GRASS AREA 'SAFETY ZONE" APROXIMATELY 20 FEET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23 APPROXIMATELY 1/3 THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A NEWLY CERTIFICATED PILOT ( 1YR) AND HAS 89 HRS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME. I SPOKE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON THE TELEPHONE MINUTES AFTER THE INCIDENT AND SHE STATED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND SHE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY INPUTTING OPPOSITE RIGHT RUDDER BUT THE AIRCRAFT AS SHE STATED " DIDN'T RESPOND". THE AIRCRAFT WAS RENTED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO BY EAGLE EAST AVIATION AN FBO AND TRAINING CENTER LOCATED IN LWM. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND LEASED TO EAGLE EAST AVIATION FOR USE IN THEIR PART 61 FLIGHT SCHOOL AND RENTAL FLEET. 11/14/11 INSPECTORS SMALL AND MARD (SEE PTRS #  EA61201202845) FROM THIS OFFICE PERFORMED AN ONSITE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INCIDENT AREA. NO AIRPORT EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED AND THE AIRCRAFT N9931Q ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGE. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK WAS BENT TO THE RIGHT APPROXIMATELY 1" WHEN IT WAS SIDE LOADED AS THE NOSE WHEEL SUNK INTO THE MUDDY GRASS AREA OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AS IT WAS BENT TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL. NO OTHER MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOTED THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER/PULL TO THE LEFT WERE NOTED BY INSPECTORS SMALL AND MARD. N9931Q AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE EVALUATED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED, AND AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N9931Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930919051659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930919051659A), Sep 19, 1993: Cessna 172M (N9931Q), North Kingstown, RI, Substantial damage. On short final banked to avoid seagulls. Stalled. Bounced off ground. Right wing hit cartwheeling aircraft.
- [Accident 19800708035809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708035809A), Jul 8, 1980: Cessna 172 (N9931Q), Turner, ME, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to water loop and lost control causing substantial damage.

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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