# Incident 20180901012719I: Cessna 172N, Black Rock City, NV, September 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2018, 11:08 local time
- Place: Black Rock City, NV
- Airport: Black Rock City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7604° N, 119.2095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLACK ROCK CITY (88NV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7604&lon=-119.2095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738VJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738VJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 592 total, 483 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180901012719I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO PORPOISE ON TAKEOFF CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL.  AFTER SEVERAL BOUNCES, THE PILOT REDUCED THE ENGINE POWER; HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PORPOISE.  ON THE THIRD BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY.  A POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE GUST LOCK WAS IN PLACE WHICH CAUSED THE ELEVATOR TO BE IN A FIXED DOWNWARD POSITION.

## Other reports on N738VJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040125000519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040125000519I), Jan 25, 2004: Cessna 172N (N738VJ), Stanwood, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. John m. newhoff, private pilot certificate #273883, departed Boeing field at 10:15 am on a personal flight to camino is. Airfield in a Cessna 172,…

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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