- Date
- June 24, 1988, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9658XCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880624064609A
- Case key
- 32199
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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 rprtd that drg the takeoff roll, he 'rotated aircraft at 65 kts' but it would not become airborne. He then aborted the takeoff, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. After departing the rwy, the acft hit a ditch & nosed over. An exam of the flt controls & eng revealed no evidence of a malfunction or failure. The elevator trim tab was found at a 9 deg nose down trim position. Normal elevator trim for takeoff corresponds to a 3 deg nose down position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9658X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268582
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Topp Of Tampa
- Registered owner
- Harnish, Carl A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Destination
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- X39 · Topp Of Tampa, runway 14, 3,708 × 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 835 total · 3 in this make and model · 413 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 23 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.