- Date
- August 30, 1988, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sparta, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6049RCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880830036289A
- Case key
- 14156
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a takeoff attempt from his private strip the pilot elected to abort the takeoff. There was a slight quartering tailwind for the takeoff attempt. Due to the 'dense', damp grass, which was about 4 inches tall according to the pilot, braking effectiveness was insufficient and the pilot was unable to control and stop the aircraft before the departure end of the runway. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway and continued through a slight bank, where the nosewheel collapsed and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6049R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-53718
- Airframe hours
- 1,573
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shepard, Richard D.
- Registered owner
- Shepard, Richard D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Sparta, MI
- Airport
- NONE · Farm Strip, runway 9, 2,350 × 95 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 135 in this make and model · 127 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 17 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.
Other investigations on N6049R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.