- Date
- August 28, 1983, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Princeton, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N12862Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830828044269A
- Case key
- 12320
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The turf rwy was wet from recent rains. The plt stated that during takeoff, the acft had accelerated to near the rotation speed when it was slowed by a soft spot in the rwy near mid field. At the same point, an upslope portion of the rwy was encountered & the acft was slow to accelerate. As the acft neared the end of the rwy, lift-off speed had not been reached, so the plt initiated an abort. The acft continued off the end of the rwy, crossed a road & a drainage ditch, then came to rest in a bean field. This resulted in separation of the gear & damage to the eng mounts & left wing spar. The plt speculated that the right, front seat, passenger may have enadvertently been riding the brakes during the latter part of the takeoff roll which would have contributed to the slow rate of acceleration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12862
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17226321
- Engine
- Continental O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marvin Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- C41 · Princeton, runway 18, 2,500 × 285 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 11 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 62 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.