ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287871
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| Date: | Thursday 23 December 2010 |
| Time: | 09:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | Sundowners Inc |
| Registration: | N385ME |
| MSN: | 172S8580 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Myers, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Myers-Page Field, FL (FMY/KFMY) |
| Fort Myers-Page Field, FL (FMY/KFMY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. During the takeoff roll following his eighth landing, he said he felt a gust of wind push the plane to the left. He applied full right aileron, but could not arrest the turn. He then applied the brakes, but the airplane departed the left side of the runway, impacted a ditch, and came to rest inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the firewall, wings, and vertical stabilizer. During a subsequent examination of the wreckage, a Federal Aviation Administration inspector found the flaps in the FULL, 30-degree position. The inspector also reported that there were no anomalies with the airplane. The reported wind at the airport about the time of the accident was from 350 degrees at 7 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's attempt to take off with full flaps.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA11CA096
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 16:16 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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