- Date
- September 20, 1992, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Norcross, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N34893Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920920037909A
- Case key
- 15553
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature liftoff which resulted in inadequate airspeed for takeoff. Factors related to the accident were the crosswind conditions, the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind, and the pilot's total lack of experience.
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 student pilot was practicing touch and go landings on his private grass airstrip when the accident occurred. The airplane began to veer to the left of the airstrip toward a corn crop and a ditch during the takeoff phase of a touch and go. The pilot elected to pull back in an attempt to clear the crop. Sufficient airspeed was not available and the airplane settled into the crop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34893
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702069
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tnt Sales & Service
- Registered owner
- Tnt Sales & Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1992 · 29 hours before
- Airport
- Private, runway 9, 3,500 × 120 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 30 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.