# Accident 20240104003709A: Cessna 172N, Middleton, WI, January 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2024, 13:05 local time
- Place: Middleton, WI
- Airport: Middleton Municipal/Morey Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1150° N, 89.5337° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1150&lon=-89.5337&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3477E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3477E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240104003709A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE PILOT STATED THAT JUST BEFORE ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT PULLED HARD LEFT AND WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO GAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL THE PILOT EXECUTED AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A WET AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY AND FLIPPED OVER. THE POSITION OF THE CONTROLS AND MARKS ON THE RUNWAY COLLABORATED WHAT THE PILOT STATED.

## 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 CEN24LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA082), Jan 4, 2024: Cessna 172N (N3477E), Middleton, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.

## Other reports on N3477E (1)

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

- [Accident 20210212005569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210212005569A), Feb 12, 2021: Cessna 172N (N3477E), Prairie Du Sac, WI, Substantial damage. On February 13, 2021 at 1545 central time N3477E a CE-172-N received substantial damage after colliding with a snowbank while on takeoff roll on runway 36 at…

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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