# Accident 20241130018369A: Cessna 175, Fallon, NV, November 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2024, 13:45 local time
- Place: Fallon, NV
- Airport: Middlegate Staton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2878° N, 118.0283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2878&lon=-118.0283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7501M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7501M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 719 total, 591 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241130018369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT-

I WANTED TO TAKE THE FAMILY FLYING AND HAVE LUNCH AT MIDDLEGATE, NV. WE DEPARTED SILVER SPRINGS AROUND 10AM.  I FLEW AROUND SILVER SPRINGS AND FALLON NV AREA AND THEN ONTO MIDDLEGATE. I CIRCLED AROUND MIDDLEGATE TO CHECK OUT THE LANDING ROAD. THEN I CAME BACK AROUND AND LANDED. WE ARRIVED AT MIDDLEGATE AROUND NOON AND WE WERE THERE FOR OVER AN HOUR TO EAT LUNCH.  WE HEADED BACKED TO THE PLANE AROUND 1:30 PM.  WE LOADED BACK IN THE AIRPLANE AND THEN I BACK TAXIED TO THE END OF THE ROAD TO PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF.  I WAS TAKING OFF, AND AT 50 MPH THE ROAD BECAME REALLY ROUGH AND WAS THROWING US ALL OVER THE ROAD. SO, AT 50 MPH I ATTEMPTED TO GO AIRBORNE AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH SPEED TO TAKE FLIGHT. ESSENTIALLY I WAS GOING TO TRY AND GET OFF THE ROAD WITH GROUND AFFECT TO KEEP US AIRBORNE AND GAIN SPEED AND CLIMB OUT. AT THAT POINT THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND I COULDN'T KEEP IT GOING DOWN THE ROADWAY.  WE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE BRUSH AND THAT IS WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND WE FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 WPR25LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA051), Nov 30, 2024: Cessna 175 (N7501M), Middlegate, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on a rough surface during takeoff.

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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