20250423004579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Louisburg, NC · April 23, 2025

Date
April 23, 2025 · 17:00 local
Place
Louisburg, NC
Airport
Triangle North Executive Airpo
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6386V
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA188
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft took off runway 23, experienced power loss while gears were being retracted. Landing gears were extended in an attempt to abort the takeoff, resulting in a gear collapse in a field beyond the departure end of runway 23.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF RUNWAY 23, EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS WHILE GEARS WERE BEING RETRACTED. LANDING GEARS WERE EXTENDED IN AN ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, RESULTING IN A GEAR COLLAPSE IN A FIELD BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 23.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.