# Incident 20181029021159I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Bakersfield, CA, October 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2018, 13:43 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 8S4S
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181029021159I

## Narrative

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

OCT 29, 2018.  STUDENT PILOT PIC WAS CONDUCTING SOLO FLIGHT.  PREFLIGHT COMPLETED WITH INSTRUCTOR AND PROPERLY ENDORSED. WEATHER WAS WITHIN SCHOOLS DISPATCH MINIMUMS VARIABLE AT 4 KNOTS WHEN AIRCRAFT DEPARTED.  PIC WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S AND RECALLS THE WINDS WERE PICKING UP.  STATES THAT ON 5TH TAKEOFF ROLL AIRPLANE STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT.  PIC ABORTED TAKEOFF AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CENTERLINE AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND STOPPED OFF THE RUNWAY.  NO DAMAGE OR INJURY REPORTED

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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