- Date
- December 22, 1988, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrence, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7159MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881222056389A
- Case key
- 34740
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said that shortly after takeoff, the engine began to misfire and lose power. He elected to abort the takeoff, but was unable to stop on the remaining portion of the runway. He ran off the end, into a farm field, where the acft nosed down and was substantially damaged. The plt said he made an intersection takeoff which gave him about 3000 feet useable runway instead of the full length of 5000 feet. Investigation revealed both spark plugs on no. 3 cylinder to be malfunctioning. One was completely dead and the other fired intermittently.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7159M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55459
- Airframe hours
- 3,075
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fitch, Henry G.
- Registered owner
- Fitch, Henry G
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1988 · 11 hours before
- Destination
- HNB · Huntingburg, IN
- Airport
- LWC · Lawrence, runway 14, 5,000 × 100 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
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 72 in this make and model · 107 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOP, 20 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.