What happened
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On may 8, 2018 a Cessna 172R, N377ES was substantially damaged during takeoff at Clermont County Airport, OH (I69). By the pilots calculations the aircraft was 200 pounds over the maximum gross takeoff weight. Witnesses stated that the tail was unusually low to the ground as the aircraft taxied out for takeoff. On takeoff, as the aircraft left the ground, the pilot stated that the stall horn was going off. While approximately ten feet in the air the pilot decided to abort takeoff so he reduced the engine throttle and pitch the nose up to flare. The aircraft stalled and the nose wheel struck the runway inducing an oscillation causing the aircraft to jump back into the air. The aircraft bounced two more times before remaining on the ground. The pilot felt he was going to run off the end of the runway so he set the flaps to full and veered the airplane to the right to try to exit on a taxiway. Due to excessive speed, the airplane missed the taxiway and went through a ditch. The nose wheel collapsed followed by the main gear. The propeller struck the ground and the aircraft came to rest a few feet beyond the ditch.
Reviewed by dws: 06/27/2018
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 8, 2018 A CESSNA 172R, N377ES WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING TAKEOFF AT CLERMONT COUNTY AIRPORT, OH (I69). BY THE PILOTS CALCULATIONS THE AIRCRAFT WAS 200 POUNDS OVER THE MAXIMUM GROSS TAKEOFF WEIGHT. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE TAIL WAS UNUSUALLY LOW TO THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OUT FOR TAKEOFF. ON TAKEOFF, AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE GROUND, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE STALL HORN WAS GOING OFF. WHILE APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET IN THE AIR THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT TAKEOFF SO HE REDUCED THE ENGINE THROTTLE AND PITCH THE NOSE UP TO FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE RUNWAY INDUCING AN OSCILLATION CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO JUMP BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE REMAINING ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT FELT HE WAS GOING TO RUN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY SO HE SET THE FLAPS TO FULL AND VEERED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT TO TRY TO EXIT ON A TAXIWAY. DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED, THE AIRPLANE MISSED THE TAXIWAY AND WENT THROUGH A DITCH. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN GEAR. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST A FEW FEET BEYOND THE DITCH.
REVIEWED BY DWS: 06/27/2018
NTSB investigation
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