- Date
- December 4, 1988, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5518DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881204052439A
- Case key
- 7966
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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
After 3 full stop landings, the pilot reported that the airplane would not accelerate to liftoff airspeed on 4th takeoff after rolling about 2000 feet. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff. The airplane rolled off the departure end of runway 07 and nosed over. The wreckage examination did not disclose any system problem. The temp/dew point fell within a range where carb ice was possible.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5518D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272590
- Airframe hours
- 3,378
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walker Evan, doing business as Air Center Gwinnett
- Registered owner
- Wayne Strickland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1988
- Airport
- Gwinnett County, runway 7, 4,000 × 75 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 20 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.