- Date
- November 8, 1993, 21:00 local (Nov 9, 1993, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Moberly, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N35537Cessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931108042459A
- Case key
- 9428
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Probable cause
the failure of the pilot-in-command to use all of the available runway.
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 was attempting to make a mid-field takeoff. He stated he became concerned that the end of the runway was approaching too rapidly, and tried to abort the takeoff. The airplane departed the end of the runway and nosed-over.
Factual narrative
On November 8, 1993, at 2100 central standard time, a Cessna 172I, N35537, operated by the Macon Flying Club, Macon, Missouri, sustained substantial damage when it departed the runway and nosed-over during takeoff from the Omar N. Bradley Airport, Moberly, Missouri. The private pilot and the sole passenger aboard the airplane received minor injuries. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
The pilot stated he attempted to takeoff from midfield on runway 13, became concerned that the end of the runway was approaching too rapidly, and tried to abort the takeoff. The airplane departed the end of the runway, hit a ditch, and nosed-over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35537
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256820
- Airframe hours
- 3,346
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Macon Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1993 · 92 hours before
- Airport
- MBY · Bradley Memorial, runway 13, 4,680 × 100 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 12 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 40 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.