# NTSB ERA16WA340: Cessna 172, Valday-avia, Russia, July 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 16, 2016, 10:24 local (10:24 UTC)
- Place: Valday-avia, Russia
- Coordinates: 57.959445, 33.237499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.9594&lon=33.2375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95196
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA340
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95196/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA340

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 16, 2016, about 1024 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 172K, Russian registration RA-67480, was substantially damaged when it experienced a runway excursion during takeoff from Valday-Avia Airfield, Valday, Novgorod, Russia. The pilot and two passengers were injured and the airplane was substantially damaged.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Aviation Committee of Russia. Further information can be obtained from: Interstate Aviation Committee 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow 119017, Russia Tel.: (7) 495 953-5251 Fax: (7) 495-953-1145 E-mail: mak@mak.ru http://www.mak.ru This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the Russian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: RA-67480 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (K)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17259031
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: Novgorod Oblast
- Destination: Leningradskaya
- Airport: Valdai-Avia Airfield

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.