- Date
- May 13, 1984, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Many, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2434LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840513057919A
- Case key
- 21332
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was damaged when it failed to climb during takeoff and went past the departure end of the rwy for 1400 ft before stopping. There was a witness who observed six persons on board the 4 place acft. The plt stated that his son in the rt front seat deplaned before takeoff. If he did not the acft would have been over max gross weight by 49 pounds. The plt did state he had 2 children on the rear passengers laps. The plt did not file an accident report. FAA observers on the scene said they found no evidence of an engine malfunction even though the plt stated that the engine was losing power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2434L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255634
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elmer K. Labee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1984
- Airport
- 3R4 · Hart, runway 12, 4,000 × 75 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 554 total · 59 in this make and model · 471 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.