# Incident 20160716011099I: Cessna 177A, Bolivar, TN, July 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bolivar, TN
- Airport: William L Whitehurst Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 35.2151° N, 89.0433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM L WHITEHURST FLD (M08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2151&lon=-89.0433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177KR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177KR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 53 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160716011099I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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