- Date
- June 21, 2008, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Goldsby, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1439VCessna R172K
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20080621834689A
- Case key
- 68278
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in initiating rejected takeoff procedures, resulting in the airplane going off the end of the runway and nosing over.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot didn't think the airplane was accelerating as it should and he decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane traveled 500 feet past the end of the runway and nosed over, crushing the vertical stabilizer.
Factual narrative
On June 21, 2008, approximately 1800 central daylight time, a Cessna R172K, N1439V, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when the pilot aborted the takeoff at David J. Perry Airport (1K4), Goldsby, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The cross-country flight was originating at the time of the accident and was en route to Joplin Regional Airport (JLN), Joplin, Missouri. Numerous attempts were made to contact the pilot, asking that he submit NTSB Form 6120.1-2. The pilot did not respond to any of the requests. An FAA inspector said the pilot told him that he didn't think the airplane was accelerating as it should and he decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane traveled 500 feet past the end of the runway and nosed over, crushing the vertical stabilizer. FAA's Oklahoma City Flight Standards District Office advised that the pilot twice failed 14 CFR Part 44.709 reexamination checks --- on September 16 and again on November 12, 2008. He has failed to appear for scheduled reexaminations and, as a result, efforts are underway to revoke his pilot certificate pending compliance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1439V
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722191
- Engine
- 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kevin Eggleston
- Registered owner
- Kevin Eggleston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1K4 · Goldsby, OK
- Destination
- JLN · Joplin, MO
- Airport
- 1K4 · David Jay Perry
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
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 23,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 19 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 N1439V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.