- Date
- July 1, 1983, 17:57 local (Jul 2, 1983, 00:57 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4957GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830702028059A
- Case key
- 23773
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.
Analysis
The plt stated that during the takeoff roll he attempted to lift the acft off at about 65-75 KTS indicated airspeed. The plt said that he thought the acft was not responding properly so he cut the power and tried to land on the rwy. The acft kept bouncing, so he added power for takeoff and collided with trees. The passenger statements related that the acft veered to the right, lifted off to about 4 ft AGL and began to bounce. As theacft progressed along the rwy the bouncing became more severe until the acft collided with the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4957G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273504
- Airframe hours
- 769
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- California Airways
- Registered owner
- Raymond G. Franklin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1983
- Departed
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Destination
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport
- HWD · Haward Air Term., runway 28L, 5,156 × 150 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 76 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft unknown
- Observed at
- HWD, 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.