- Date
- July 28, 2002, 08:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place
- Flushing, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1086VCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Detroit, Michigan-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020728021419A
- Case key
- 55466
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the wet runway.
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 airplane impacted a curb after an aborted takeoff. The pilot stated, "just after becoming airborn no increase in airspeed was noted and [the] aircraft felt heavy - airspeed started to decrease in level flight approx[imately] 15 [feet] AGL. Decision to abort [takeoff] was made and [aircraft] was flown to runway - power off - upon contact - brakes were applied full for over 800 [feet]." The airplane subsequently slid off the end of the runway, across an adjacent road, and impacted into the curb on the opposite side of the road. The nose landing gear of the aiplane collapsed. The pilot stated that the runway was wet from a previous rain. A postaccident examination of the airplane failed to reveal any anomalies with regard to the airplane, the engine or related systems.
Factual narrative
On July 28, 2002, at 0840 eastern daylight time, a Cessna R172K, N1086V, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a curb after an aborted takeoff following a reported loss of engine power during takeoff from runway 36 (2,510 feet by 50 feet, asphalt), at the Dalton Airport, Flushing, Michigan. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot and his one passenger were not injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and the intended destination was the Lost Creek Airport, Luzerne, Michigan.
In a written report, the pilot stated, "just after becoming airborn no increase in airspeed was noted and [the] aircraft felt heavy - airspeed started to decrease in level flight approx[imately] 15 [feet] AGL. Decision to abort [takeoff] was made and [aircraft] was flown to runway - power off - upon contact - brakes were applied full for over 800 [feet]." The airplane subsequently slid off the end of the runway, across an adjacent road, and impacted into the curb on the opposite side of the road. The nose landing gear of the airplane collapsed. The pilot stated that the runway was wet from a previous rain.
A postaccident examination of the airplane by the Federal Aviation Administration failed to reveal any anomalies with regard to the airplane, the engine, or related systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1086V
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722111
- Airframe hours
- 1,664
- Engine
- Continental IO-360K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ben H. Park
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 2001 · 117 hours before
- Departed
- 3DA · Flushing, MI
- Destination
- 5Y4 · Luzerne, MI
- Airport
- 3DA · Dalton, runway 36, 2,510 × 50 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
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- October 25, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 424 total · 62 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 6 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 31, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 434 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.