- Date
- August 28, 1983, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62038Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830828045469A
- Case key
- 23841
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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 student & his instructor plt had made 2 takeoffs & landings, then the instructor deplaned & the student prepared to takeoff on a solo flt. According to the student, he made the pretakeoff checks, which included setting the trim. As the acft accelerated during the takeoff roll, the control yoke came aft with enough pressure that, according to the student, he 'could not force it forward.' The nose started to rise abruptly, so the student elected to abort the takeoff. However, he was unable to stop on the remaining rwy, & subsequently, the acft collided with a dirt bank. An exam of the acft revealed no evidence of a pre-accident, mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62038
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275201
- Airframe hours
- 755
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Semper Flight Inc., Flt. Tech.
- Registered owner
- Gottfried Schmidt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 24, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- P37 · Glendale, AZ
- Airport
- P37 · Glendale Municipal, runway 17, 2,400 × 50 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 13 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 N62038 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.