# Incident 20180930014159I: Cessna 172L, Concord, NC, September 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2018, 08:45 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4088° N, 80.5795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4088&lon=-80.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7942G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7942G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180930014159I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/30/2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA CE-172-L, SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT (N7942G SN: 17259642), OWNED BY FLYCAROLINA LLC, AND OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS TAKING OFF FROM CONCORD REGIONAL AIRPORT (JQF) NORTH CAROLINA WHEN THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND DURING THE ABORT, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF RUNWAY 2 BETWEEN TAXIWAYS C AND D.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED CALM.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING THE TAKEOFF HE EXPERIENCED THE AIRCRAFT PULL TO THE LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTTS, DECIDED TO ABORT BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE NEITHER THE AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE AIRMAN WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED FOR FLIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AN AIRWORTHY CONDITION.  OTHER THAN THE AIRMAN REPORTING THE CONTROL PROBLEM, NO OTHER MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE REPORTED.  A DISCREPANCY WAS ENTERED IN THE MAINTENANCE RECORD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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