- Date
- February 13, 1993, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Weeping Water, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6640ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930213002369A
- Case key
- 15667
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff when the airplane first touched down on the clear area adjacent to the departure runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that shortly after takeoff he encountered a gusty crosswind condition and the airplane drifted to the right of the runway, touching down on the adjacent clear area. He said the airplane became airborne once again with the stall warning horn activated and then touched down on a road which was perpendicular to the departure runway. The airplane's path continued on the ground, through a fence, and onto a field described as a pasture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6640A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28740
- Airframe hours
- 3,185
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin W. Rupp
- Registered owner
- Martin W. Rupp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1993 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- EPG · Browns, runway 35, 2,200 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 844 total · 65 in this make and model · 782 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNK, 18 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 N6640A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.