# Accident 20180530024969A: Cessna 172S, Payson, AZ, May 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2018, 16:55 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 34.2575° N, 111.3364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2575&lon=-111.3364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N780JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA313) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180530024969A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKING OFF FROM RWY 24 AT PAYSON WHEN THE PILOT STATED HE LOOKED DOWN AT THE PFD AND NOTED THE AIRSPEED INDICATED ?0?. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD ROTATED BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLIMBING. HE LOOKED BACK OUTSIDE AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE LEFT INTO THE INFIELD AND CONTINUED TOWARD THE TAXIWAY AND RAMP PARKING AREA BELOW THE AIRPORT CAFÉ.

TIRE AND PROPELLER MARKS WERE NOTED CROSSING THE TAXIWAY AND DRIFTING SOUTH TOWARDS THE LINE SHACK LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE PARKING RAMP. ADDITIONAL WHEEL TRACKS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SLIGHTLY BACK TOWARD THE RUNWAY WHERE THEY RAN ACROSS THE END OF THE RAMP CONCRETE CURBING, OVER THE ?WEATHER ROCK?, AND DOWN A SHALLOW EMBANKMENT TO THE WEST OF THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRFRAME SWUNG TO THE LEFT.

NO INJURIES WERE RECORDED BY THE 3 PERSONS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT GAVE A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT STATED THAT HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME (INTERNATIONALLY) IN THE MORNING. NO FLIGHT TIMES COULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE PILOT BEFORE HE LEFT THE U.S. HE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE FSDO TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FORWARD AND BENT TO THE RIGHT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND BELLY STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY AFT OF THE NOSE GEAR ATTACH POINT. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT FORWARD AT THE TIPS. THE LEFT HAND ELEVATOR TIP HAD BENT UPWARDS AT THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE CONTROL SURFACE; AND THERE WAS DIRT AND SCRATCHES ON THE LOWER LEADING EDGE OF THE ELEVATOR TIP SURFACE.

## 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 GAA18CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA313), May 30, 2018: Cessna 172 (N780JA), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain yaw control during a short-field takeoff in high-density altitude conditions.

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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