# Incident 20200717011609I: Cessna 177B, Rocksprings, TX, July 17, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2020, 15:30 local time
- Place: Rocksprings, TX
- Airport: Rocksprings
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0171° N, 100.2133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rocksprings, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0171&lon=-100.2133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34099, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34099) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING A1F6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 18 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200717011609I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED FROM ODESSA, TEXAS UNEVENTFUL AND DROPPED OFF PASSENGER. DURING DEPARTURE TO RETURN TO ODESSA AIRCRAFT REACHED 74 MPH AND ATTEMPTED ROTATION. AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THEN RETURNED TO RUNWAY. PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT TAKE OFF. AIRCRAFT FAILED TO STOP IN TIME PRIOR TO HITTING FENCE AT END OF 4000' RUNWAY. PILOTS ACTIONS AND DECISIONS IN 10% FLAPS, HIGH TEMP 102, AIRCRAFT LOAD WEIGHT APPROX. 700LBS CONTRIBUTED TO HITTING FENCE. LEFT WING IMPACTED FENCE, THIS SWINGING AIRCRAFT LETTING RIGHT WING HIT FENCE. NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTED.

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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