ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294054
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| Date: | Saturday 5 March 2005 |
| Time: | 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172H |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N8100L |
| MSN: | 17256300 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waldport, Oregon -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Waldport, OR (R33) |
| Albany, OR (S12) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, the 2,000-foot-long turf runway was covered with "heavy grass and moss." The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane "encountered considerable drag from the turf and moss on the runway." After takeoff, "there was not enough speed or distance to climb over the trees at the end of the runway and the airplane clipped the tops of the trees." The airplane came to rest nose down in the trees. The right wing was folded back against the fuselage, and the left wing had a large dent in the leading edge.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain sufficient altitude/clearance during the takeoff initial climb, which resulted in an inflight collision with trees. A factor was the tall grass on the turf runway, which slowed the airplane's acceleration during the takeoff roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA05CA055
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 August 1992 | N8100L | Lake County Flyers | 0 | Lakeview, OR | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2022 16:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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