# Incident 20181208023369I: Cessna 172S, Seattle, WA, December 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HUNS
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N374MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N374MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 61 total, 61 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181208023369I

## Narrative

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

BASED ON MY INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT AND A WITNESS, A CESSNA 172 WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT BOEING FIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SEATTLE.  DURING TAKE-OFF ON THE FOURTH TOUCH AND GO HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PERFORMING AS EXPECTED SO HE LOOKED INSIDE THE COCKPIT IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS; THE ISSUE WAS THAT HE HAD FAILED TO RETRACT THE WING FLAPS.  BECAUSE HE WAS FOCUSING HIS ATTENTION INSIDE THE COCKPIT HE FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SETTLING BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY.  ONCE THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND IN THE PROCESS STRUCK AND DAMAGED TWO AIRPORT TAXI LIGHTS.  ONCE HE REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT HE TAXIED BACK TO THE PARKING RAMP.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR LEG FAIRING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR ANYONE ON THE GROUND.

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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