- Date
- September 28, 1988, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Keysville, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N85012Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11441
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Probable cause
Aircraft overran the runway after the pilot aborted the takeoff because the aircraft did not accelerate to takeoff speed. A contributing cause is inadequate prelight planning. A contributing factor is upsloping high grass covered terrain and failure to use flaps.
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
The plt said the acft did not accelerate to takeoff speed so he aborted the takeoff after using about 3/4 of the rwy length. The acft overran the rwy and struck a tree. The turf rwy is upsloping the first half of its length. The plt said the grass was 6 inches high. He reported no mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85012
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266630
- Airframe hours
- 3,645
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ed Carter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1988 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- W85
- Destination
- W13 · Waynesboro, VA
- Airport
- W85 · Keysville, runway 27, 1,850 × 350 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 826 total · 85 in this make and model · 513 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F