- Date
- July 20, 1984, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- John'S Island, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5110FCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840720033949A
- Case key
- 6499
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a solo flt, the student flew to a local arpt to practice takeoffs & landings. After his last landing (on rwy 9), he elected to make a x-wind takeoff on rwy 21. During the takeoff, the acft began drifting left at about lift-off speed. The student initiated corrective action, but the acft continued to the left. He then lifted off & heard the stall warning horn. The controls became mushy as the acft approached the trees. The acft then stalled & impacted the ground just short of the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5110F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1725274
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charleston Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- United States Air Force
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 7, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- CHS · Charleston, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- J2I · Charleston, runway 21, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.