- Date
- January 8, 1987, 18:40 local (Jan 9, 1987, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tuskegee, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3971LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870108000239A
- Case key
- 7368
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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 touch and go attempt, the pilot experiended an engine failure shortly after liftoff. The pilot safely landed on the runway, but did not have sufficient runway to stop the aircraft before running off the departure end of 31. The aircraft nosed over into a ditch. The wreckage examination disclosed that visible contaminates were present in the fuel filter and carburetor bowl. There was an undisclosed amount of fuel found in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3971L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254140
- Airframe hours
- 3,712
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles A. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 22, 1985 · 160 hours before
- Airport
- 06A · Tuskegee, runway 31, 5,000 × 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
- 80
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50,000 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGM, 43 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.
Other investigations on N3971L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.