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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177A · Bolivar, TN · July 16, 2016

Date
July 16, 2016 · 14:00 local
Place
Bolivar, TN
Airport
William L Whitehurst Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N177KR
Reported as
Cessna 177A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
68 total53 in this make and model21 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.

While performing cross-country solo flight from fye to M08, student pilot landed aircraft and came to complete stop on the runway at M08. Began to take back off and during rotation, the aircraft was in a higher than normal nose-up attitude causing the tail to contact the runway. Then the aircraft began to veer left. The aircraft departed the runway, hitting a runway light assembly. The right hand stabilator contacted the light breaking the light off level with the ground and damaging the leading edge of the stabilator. The pilot applied rudder and the aircraft veered back onto the runway tipping right then left causing damage to each wing tip making contact with the ground/runway. The left stabilator also received damage to the under side.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PERFORMING CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT FROM FYE TO M08, STUDENT PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AND CAME TO COMPLETE STOP ON THE RUNWAY AT M08. BEGAN TO TAKE BACK OFF AND DURING ROTATION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL NOSE-UP ATTITUDE CAUSING THE TAIL TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY. THEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, HITTING A RUNWAY LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE RIGHT HAND STABILATOR CONTACTED THE LIGHT BREAKING THE LIGHT OFF LEVEL WITH THE GROUND AND DAMAGING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STABILATOR. THE PILOT APPLIED RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY TIPPING RIGHT THEN LEFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO EACH WING TIP MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND/RUNWAY. THE LEFT STABILATOR ALSO RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE UNDER SIDE.