# NTSB SEA06CA041: Cessna 172A, N9852T, Othello, WA, January 8, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 8, 2006, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Othello, WA - Coordinates: 46.828334, -119.47583 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8283&lon=-119.4758&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 30, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 63073 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA041 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63073/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA041 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. A factor was the berm. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run - terrain condition - berm (contributing factor) ## Analysis During the takeoff roll from a private airstrip the nose wheel began to shimmy. In an effort to keep the airplane straight, the pilot applied right brake, but that didn't help. The aircraft then veered to the left before impacting a berm with its left wing and came to rest in an upright position. ## Factual narrative On January 8, 2006, approximately 1300 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 172A single-engine airplane, N9852T, sustained substantial damage following a loss of control during takeoff near Othello, Washington. The certificated private pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, which was operated in accordance 14 CFR Part 91, and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight was originating from the pilot's private airstrip at the time of the accident. According to the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1) submitted to the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the pilot reported that during the takeoff roll from his private airstrip the nose wheel began to shimmy. The pilot stated that he thought he could keep it straight by applying right brake, but it didn't help and pulled to the left. The pilot reported that the airplane sustained substantial damage after impacting a dirt bank with its left wing and the front of the airplane prior to coming to rest upright. Damage to the airplane included the nose landing gear separating, the right main landing gear bent and twisted aft, both wings bent and wrinkled, and the empennage bent and twisted. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9852T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9852T), registered now, S/N 47652, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172A - Registry model: [Cessna 172A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (registry code 2072404) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 47652 - Engines: Continental O-300 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Daniel C. Deboer - Registered owner: Danny Deboer - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: Othello, WA - Airport: NONE, pilot's private airstrip ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2; flight hours: 130 total, 130 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20060108000399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060108000399A), Jan 8, 2006: Cessna 172A, Othello, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was taking off when the front wheel began to shimmy. He staed he thought he could keep the aircraft straight, but it began to pull to the left.… ## Other investigations on N9852T (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB SEA91LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA080), Apr 5, 1991: Cessna 172A (N9852T), Hood River, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN INADEQUATELY PLANNED APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE ROUGH WATER LANDING CONDITIONS, POOR SUPERVISION BY THE CFI, AND THE OVERLOAD CONDITION TO THE FLOAT… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.