- Date
- April 15, 1982, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Trenton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4940GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820415009889A
- Case key
- 72857
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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
During a departure, the pilot initiated an intersection takeoff with about 4000 ft of runway remaining. He reported that the takeoff proceeded normally through lift-off to about 25 ft AGL. From there, the aircraft returned to the runway surface and bounced. Electing to abort, the pilot reduced power, but the aircraft bounced at least two more times, then veered to the right. It continued off of the runway at the departure end, ran down an embankment, and flipped over. An inspection of the elevator trim tab revealed that it was deflected two inches toward a nose down position. A full nose down deflection is 3 3/16 inches, whereas the tab is in a neutral position when trimmed for takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4940G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273487
- Airframe hours
- 773
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcdan Aviation
- Registered owner
- Phyllis Jalbert
- Departed
- TTN · Trenton, NJ
- Destination
- COW · Caldwell, NJ
- Airport
- TTN · Mercer County, runway 16, 4,800 × 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 47 in this make and model · 474 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.