# Accident 20191028022189A: Cessna 172M, Augusta, GA, October 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2019, 17:18 local time
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Airport: Daniel Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4667° N, 82.0394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4667&lon=-82.0394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80931, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80931) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191028022189A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 28, 2019 THE PILOT OF N80931 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEPART RUNWAY 23 AT DANIEL FIELD AUGUSTA GEORGIA, THE PILOT STATEMENT STATES (IN BRIEF) ?THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR TAKEOFF, CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AND FULL POWER WAS APPLIED. AT 55 KTS I ROTATED, THE PLANE LIFTED OFF APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET AND THEN CAME BACK DOWN TO THE RUNWAY, VEERING TO THE RIGHT. I APPLIED LEFT RUDDER WITH NO EFFECT ON DIRECTION CONTROL, I PULL THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, IT ALSO FELT LIKE THE LEFT WING WAS LIFTING UP AND I APPLIED RIGHT AILERON DOWN, THE WINGS LEVELED. AT THIS POINT I?M OFF THE RUNWAY, THE BRAKES ARE LOCKED AND I IMPACT THE FENCE.?

## 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 GAA20CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA055), Oct 28, 2019: Cessna 172 (N80931), Augusta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to attain sufficient airspeed to climb out of ground effect, which resulted in a descent, loss of directional control, runway excursion, and impact with a fence.

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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