# NTSB ATL92LA178: Cessna 172M, N19797, Boone, NC, September 9, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1992, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Boone, NC
- Coordinates: 36.200481, -81.660865 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2005&lon=-81.6609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL92LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8662/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA178

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF, AND HIS ABRUPT PULL UP WITH INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT. FACTORS WERE THE INADEQUATE AIRSPEED AND THE INADVERTENT STALL.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Abrupt maneuver, takeoff - roll/run
  - pull-up - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - abort - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - object - vehicle
  - object - airport facility

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE ALIGNED THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY FOR TAKE OFF, HE SAW A PERSON BESIDE IT, NEAR A MULCH PILE. HIS REPORT INFERRED THAT AS THE TAKE OFF ROLL BEGAN, HE NOTED THAT THE FIGURE WAS A DEER. THE DEER BEGAN RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE TAKE OFF PATH, THEN VEERED TOWARD THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT PULLED UP AND WENT OVER THE DEER. HOWEVER, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT. WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME BACK DOWN ONTO THE RUNWAY, IT VEERED OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE IT COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK AND AN AIRPORT STORAGE HANGAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19797](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19797), registered now, S/N 17260760, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260760
- Airframe hours: 3600
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Deal, Michael D., doing business as 
- Registered owner: Sawotka, Jerry
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 28, 1992, 70 hours before
- Departed: NONE
- Destination: NONE
- Airport: 5A3, Blowing Rock, runway 13, 2,668 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 29 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HKY, 30 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920909035629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920909035629A), Sep 9, 1992: Cessna 172M, Boone, NC, Substantial damage. Pulled up on takeoff to avoid deer that ran across runway. Came back down. Lost control. Veered into storage shed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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