- Date
- July 18, 1986, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plainville, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N65612Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860718034649A
- Case key
- 30389
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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
When the plt checked the airspeed indicator on takeoff, he saw no indication of speed & aborted the takeoff, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. The acft contd off the departure end, when down an embankment & became inverted. An exam revealed the lack of airspeed indication was due to a blockage in the pitot tube. The blockage had the appearance of a substance deposited by mud wasps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65612
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275784
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Inter State Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N48 · Plainville, CT
- Airport
- 4B8 · Robertson, runway 2, 3,116 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 294 total · 22 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.