- Date
- April 8, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2851QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860408014789A
- Case key
- 7085
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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 the attempted takeoff the acft skipped, climbed a few feet, settled to the ground then climbed again before the plt attempted to abort the takeoff. The acft overran the end of the rwy, crossed a road and hit a ditch and nosed over. An estimated weight and balance showed that the acft was about 280 lbs over gross weight and outside of the aft limit of the center of gravity chart.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2851Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259851
- Airframe hours
- 7,120
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Metrolina Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Airport
- 8AG · Wilgrove Airpark
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,626 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 10,190 as pilot in command · 157 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.