# Incident 20220909017029I: Cessna 172M, Bedford, MA, September 9, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2022, 10:45 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 8FNS
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12545, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12545) (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: 108 total, 108 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/20220909017029I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. LANDED WITH NO ISSUES. HE STATED HE NEVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, HE STARTED HIS TAKE OFF BY SLOWLY ADDING POWER. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING AT 20-30 MPH WHEN HE STARTED TO APPLY POWER. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT, WHICH HE HAD ANTICIPATED. HE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT BY APPLYING RH RUDDER. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEEM TO CORRECT TO CENTER AS THE PREVIOUS 3 T&G'S HAD DONE. HE APPLIED ADDITIONAL RH RUDDER BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE EVER GOT AIRBORNE. HE REDUCED THE POWER AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELED ONTO THE GRASS INFIELD. HE STATED HE HAD NO INJURIES.

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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