- Date
- June 17, 2022, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bynum, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2975UCessna 172G
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Flight Standards District Office
- Case key
- 105384
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Probable cause
The pilot was not able to stop the airplane on the remaining runway after an aborted takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and the airplane impacting a fence.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported he was attempting a takeoff from a 2,100 ft turf runway when he observed a sudden tailwind and the stall horn activated. The pilot aborted the takeoff but was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane departed the runway and struck a barbed wire fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2975U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254180
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 3,036
- Engine
- Cont Motor 0-300 SER, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 17, 2021 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- 08TS · Bynum, TX
- Destination
- 08TS · Bynum, TX
- Airport
- 08TS · Flying G Ranch Airport, runway 15, 2,100 × 30 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B
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
- 21
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 13, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 191 in this make and model · 104 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KINJ, 5 nm away
- METAR
- KINJ 172235Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM SCT065 SCT080 37/20 A2995 RMK AO2 T03660199
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 22, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 MB in all.
Other investigations on N2975U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.