- Date
- September 23, 1988, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8707UCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880923040229A
- Case key
- 32239
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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 aborted the takeoff from the 'thick, wet' grass strip because the acft was not accelerating 'adequately.' He applied the brakes but it went off the departure end of the rwy, collided with a fence, tree, and dirt mound before coming to rest. There was no engine failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8707U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252611
- Airframe hours
- 3,581
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reed, Charles E.
- Registered owner
- Wirtschafter, I.N. & Reed, C.E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 9 hours before
- Destination
- COI · Cocoa, FL
- Airport
- X25 · Charlet Suzanne Airstrip, runway 18, 2,450 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 264 total · 203 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOW, 9 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 N8707U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.