- Date
- August 6, 1985, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Whitewater, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8229LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850806040619A
- Case key
- 13186
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Analysis
According to the plt he planned to use max performance takeoff procedures out of the owner's manual for the takeoff. After brake release the acft began to roll down the sod rwy. Acceleration continued, but according to the plt, his airspeed increase seemed sluggish. At 60 mph and 3/4 of the way down the rwy he began abort procedures. Before he could get the acft stopped, it ran off the end of the rwy and into a dirt embankment. The plt later stated that he would have liked to have used some kind of soft field takeoff, but the owner's manual only described normal and maximum performance takeoff techniques. This accident occurred on rwy 18, which is 2500 ft long. Ambient air temperature at the time of the accident was 82 degs f.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8229L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256429
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond E. Myers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 17, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- OSM · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- WI09 · Whitewater, WI
- Airport
- WI09 · Gutzmer'S Twin Oaks, runway 18, 2,500 × 140 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 161 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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