# Accident 20190129000449A: Cessna 172S, Minden, NV, January 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2019, 09:30 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0006° N, 119.7511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0006&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670CS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N670CS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190129000449A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT, ON HIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 34 AT KMEV WHEN AT ROTATION HE NOTICED A VIBRATION. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, REDUCED THE THROTTLE AND APPLIED BRAKES. HE STATED HE APPLIED TOO MUCH LEFT BRAKE AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND ENCOUNTERED A DITCH. UPON IMPACT THE PROPELLER WAS BENT REWARDS AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS DEFLECTED REARWARD DAMAGING THE FIREWALL.

## 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 GAA19CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA113), Jan 29, 2019: Cessna 172 (N670CS), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a rejected takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a ditch.

## Other reports on N670CS (1)

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

- [Accident 20030131001539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030131001539A), Jan 31, 2003: Cessna 172S (N670CS), Lakeville, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot attempted to take off Cessna 172 with 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of rough ice and snow on all wing and tail surfaces. Aircraft would not fly and departed…

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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