# Accident 20161108025039A: Cessna 172N, Salmon, ID, November 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2016, 15:00 local time
- Place: Salmon, ID
- Airport: Soldier Bar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M2LA
- Location: 45.1047° N, 114.7986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1047&lon=-114.7986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737MY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737MY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,447 total, 782 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161108025039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED: HE DEPARTED MCCALL AIRPORT FOR 85U TO PICK UP CARGO FROM A HUNTING CAMP.  AFTER LOADING THE CARGO HE WAS ON TAKE OFF ABOUT TO ROTATE WHEN HE FELT LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE HIT A ROCK WITH HIS WHEEL.  WHEN HE MADE HIS NEXT STOP HE CHECKED HIS TIRES AND DID NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE.  WHEN HE RETURNED TO MCCALL AND WAS UNLOADING THE CARGO HE NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SECTION OF THE TAIL.

PILOT THINKS HE MUST HAVE HIT THE TAIL WHEN HE WAS ROTATING AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THERE ARE SEVERAL DIPS IN THE RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA17CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA076), Nov 8, 2016: Cessna 172 (N737MY), Salmon, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with a depression in a dirt runway during takeoff, which resulted in a tail strike.

## Other reports on N737MY (1)

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

- [Incident 20110424008119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110424008119I), Apr 24, 2011: Cessna 172N (N737MY), New Meadows, ID, Minor damage. On Sunday, April 24, 2011, at about 1015 MST, N737MY, a CE-172, with CFI Mr. John w. baglien PIC, was taxiing back to south end of the runway. The aircraft's…

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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