# Incident 20180725017969I: Cessna T206H, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2018, 08:28 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N675DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N675DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A (registry code 42004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 80 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180725017969I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED A TEXT CONFIRMATION FROM HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO ALLOW HIM TO PRACTISE FOR HIS UPCOMING PPL CHECKRIDE.

UPON TAKEOFF, PRACTICING SOFT-FIELD TAKEOFF, PILOT DID NOT APPLY ENOUGH RIGHT RUDDER AND LEFT AILERON TO COMPENSATE FOR LEFT CROSS WIND AND LEFT TURNING TENDENCIES. THEREFORE THE PLANE DEVIATED LEFT FROM THE CENTERLINE STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT FOLLOWED BY A TAXIWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGN WITH LEFT WHEEL. UPON WIND DRIFT, THE AIRMAN ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 35 KNOTS.

THE AIRMAN STATEMENT LATER REVEALED HE ALSO HAD NOT APPLIED FULL POWER ON TAKEOFF ROLL TO "SIMULATE  THE EFFECT FOR SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF".

AIRPLANE WAS NOT TOPPED OFF FROM PREVIOUS FLIGHT SO WEIGHT WAS LIGHTER, WELL UNDER MAX TAKEOFF WEIGHT.

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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