- Date
- June 29, 1990, 19:31 local (Jun 30, 1990, 00:31 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N179FRCessna C172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900629022789A
- Case key
- 23026
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to follow published procedures when he elected to take-off with full flaps.
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
During a visual fight rules departure from the airfield the pilot elected to take off with full flaps. The aircraft design criteria does not provide for this type of take-off and engine power is insufficient to support flight in this configuration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N179FR
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7273136
- Airframe hours
- 7,033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Business Air Inc Ltd
- Registered owner
- Wilkes, Floyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 12, 1990 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- FTW
- Destination
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- FTW · Meacham Field, runway 16, 7,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 9 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 1 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 N179FR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.