# Accident 20231215020379A: Cessna 172E, Greensboro, NC, December 15, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2023, 11:00 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Air Harbor Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1736° N, 79.8031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIR HARBOR (W88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1736&lon=-79.8031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N817T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300-D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231215020379A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 15, 2023, AT THE AIR HARBOR AIRPORT (W88), A NON-CERTIFICATED PILOT CRASHED DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 27 IN A CESSNA 172E WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL AND PRIOR TO BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL SWERVED HARD LEFT AND RIGHT AND THEN VEERED LEFT ONTO THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE RIGHT WING AND THEN IMPACTED HARD AGAINST THE GROUND WHILE AT FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE STARBOARD SIDE WING AT APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, A BENT RIGHT-WING SPAR, A SEPARATED RIGHT DOOR AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND A CRACK WINDSHIELD. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, ONE WITHOUT INJURIES AND THE OTHER WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N817T (1)

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

- [Accident 20030526016019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030526016019A), May 26, 2003: Cessna 172E (N817T), Hastings, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) It appears that the subject aircraft operated by Mr. Swift attempted a short field takeoff from the taxiway adjacent and perpendicular to the north/south…

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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