- Date
- September 17, 1989, 17:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N736HCCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890917035459A
- Case key
- 14416
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Probable cause
The failure of the plt to maintain directional control during the takeoff ground roll. Rain softened terrain adjacent to the runway surface is a contributing factor to the accident.
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 accident airplane veered off the runway and nosed over in rain softened sod while attempting a takeoff. The plt related that it was his impression that he did not have complete control of the airplane during the latter portion of his takeoff roll and he decided to abort the takeoff because he could not maintain his desired track down the runway. The airplane then left the runway and nosed over. He also said that a post accident inspection revealed no mechanical defects in the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736HC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722531
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Evans
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- YPI · Willow Run, runway 5R, 7,526 × 150 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 298 total · 123 in this make and model · 242 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- YIP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.