- Date
- December 23, 1984, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1947FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841223073949A
- Case key
- 6880
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
TotalFactor
Remedial action - not performedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The acft veered to the left during the takeoff ground run. The acft departed the rwy into a soft, plowed field where it momentarily nosed down before coming to rest on the main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1947F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172N73037
- Airframe hours
- 2,401
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dixie Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 24, 1984 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- TCL · Tuscaloosa, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TCL · Tuscaloosca, runway 22, 6,500 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.