- Date
- June 9, 1990, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N216PBCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900609019919A
- Case key
- 26837
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot in command to maintain direction control. Factors in the accident were the pilot in command's premature rotation during the takeoff and the failure to take the necessary remedial action.
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 pilot stated that she prematurely rotated the aircraft and then lost control. The aircraft then veered off the runway and struck a parked aircraft. The pilot also indicated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N216PB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74440
- Airframe hours
- 3,474
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hillside Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hillside Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 29, 1990 · 26 hours before
- Destination
- 086 · Trinity Center, CA
- Airport
- O85 · Benton Field, runway 33, 2,420 × 80 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 252 total · 252 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N216PB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.