# Accident 20180826012339A: Cessna 172M, New Kent Airpor, VA, August 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2018, 16:10 local time
- Place: New Kent Airpor, VA
- Airport: New Kent
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5014° N, 77.1261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5014&lon=-77.1261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1537U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1537U-2020-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180826012339A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY UNDER DAY VFR CONDITIONS. AT TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND STRUCK A POST ON TOP OF A HANGER, THEN CUT POWER LINES TO THE HANGER, WENT THROUGH TWO FENCES, AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A THIRD FENCE.

## 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 ERA18LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA233), Aug 26, 2018: Cessna 172 (N1537U), New Kent, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of airplane control during a go-around.

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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