- Date
- September 27, 1984, 20:58 local (Sep 28, 1984, 03:58 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N738PSCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840927075999A
- Case key
- 24393
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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
According to the pilot at 50 KTS rotation was attempted but unsuccessful. At 70 KTS the takeoff abort was initiated by reducing power. At that time the acft 'jumped' into the air at about a 45 degree nose up attitude. The pilot the pushed the yoke forward and the acft impacted on the rwy nose gear first. Investigators found no mechanical malfunctions in the flight control system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738PS
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270136
- Airframe hours
- 450
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward A. Vargo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1983 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- SCK · Stockton, CA
- Destination
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Airport
- SCK · Strockton Metropolitan, runway 29R, 8,650 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 446 total · 446 in this make and model · 401 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N738PS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.