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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182R · Pedricktown, NJ · June 17, 2017

Date
June 17, 2017 · 21:30 local
Place
Pedricktown, NJ
Airport
Spitfire Aerodrome
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9953H
Reported as
Cessna 182R
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,210 total86 in this make and model33 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 applying full power, the aircraft turned slightly left. Whether the pilot over-compensated the need for right rudder, or pilot input was exaggerated by the condition of the runway, by the time aircraft reached rotation speed, it ran off the runway edge to the right. As aircraft became airborne, the right landing gear spring fairing impacted 2 runway edge lights.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE APPLYING FULL POWER, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SLIGHTLY LEFT. WHETHER THE PILOT OVER-COMPENSATED THE NEED FOR RIGHT RUDDER, OR PILOT INPUT WAS EXAGGERATED BY THE CONDITION OF THE RUNWAY, BY THE TIME AIRCRAFT REACHED ROTATION SPEED, IT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY EDGE TO THE RIGHT. AS AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SPRING FAIRING IMPACTED 2 RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS.