- Date
- July 25, 1990, 15:36 local (19:36 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4330QCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900725028469A
- Case key
- 14541
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate takeoff procedure, premature liftoff and delayed reaction to abort the takeoff.
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 pilot aborted his takeoff after lifting off due to perceived airplane performance degradation. The takeoff procedure being used was not the manufacturer's recommended procedure. The airplane was at max gross weight on a hot day. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear and the pilot in command locked the brakes. The airplane skidded along the runway and off its end striking a highway edge lip, becoming inverted as it slid across the highway. The plane ultimately came to rest in a field adjacent to the highway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4330Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260230
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ford Eagles, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ID2
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- ID2 · Mettetal-Canton, runway 36, 2,550 × 50 ft
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 162 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW, 9 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.