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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Alturas, CA · June 19, 2014

Date
June 19, 2014 · 08:30 local
Place
Alturas, CA
Airport
Alturas Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6091R
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR14LA250
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
642 total566 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot during the run-up noticed a little roughness during magneto check but drop was within 100 RPM and thought ok. Pilot proceeded to make a take off on runway 21. Pilot noticed front nose gear vibration and applied slight back pressure and vibration went away. Pilot checked airspeed which was below rotation speed about then the plane climbed into air only to settle back on runway it was apparent to the pilot the aircraft was not going to fly and the pilot pulled back the throttle and applied full brakes. Plane stayed on runway but ran off end of runway and into a dirt embankment and the perimeter fence. The aircraft slowly went over on its back onto the perimeter fence. The pilot turned off all systems, fuel, magnetos, and master. The pilot along with the passenger egressed the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DURING THE RUN-UP NOTICED A LITTLE ROUGHNESS DURING MAGNETO CHECK BUT DROP WAS WITHIN 100 RPM AND THOUGHT OK. PILOT PROCEEDED TO MAKE A TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 21. PILOT NOTICED FRONT NOSE GEAR VIBRATION AND APPLIED SLIGHT BACK PRESSURE AND VIBRATION WENT AWAY. PILOT CHECKED AIRSPEED WHICH WAS BELOW ROTATION SPEED ABOUT THEN THE PLANE CLIMBED INTO AIR ONLY TO SETTLE BACK ON RUNWAY IT WAS APPARENT TO THE PILOT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO FLY AND THE PILOT PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE AND APPLIED FULL BRAKES. PLANE STAYED ON RUNWAY BUT RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY AND INTO A DIRT EMBANKMENT AND THE PERIMETER FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY WENT OVER ON ITS BACK ONTO THE PERIMETER FENCE. THE PILOT TURNED OFF ALL SYSTEMS, FUEL, MAGNETOS, AND MASTER. THE PILOT ALONG WITH THE PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.