- Date
- April 25, 1987, 20:22 local (Apr 26, 1987, 01:22 UTC)
- Place
- Pond Creek, OK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2114ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870425011409A
- Case key
- 22353
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Aborted takeoff - performedFactor
Lowering of flaps - not performedCause
Performance data - misreadFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose over
Analysis
Pilot failed to lower flaps for a short field takeoff. After rotation the pilot realized that the aircraft would not clear a power line off the end of the runway and aborted the takeoff. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway and contacted a fence and ditch nosing over inverted causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2114E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271161
- Airframe hours
- 3,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Airport Service Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 30, 1987 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- 2K1 · Pond Creek, OK
- Destination
- PNC · Ponca City, OK
- Airport
- 2K1 · Pond Creek, runway 35, 2,300 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 7 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.