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C172 overloaded aircraft resulting in excess aft center of gravity. Almost hit the trees on takeoff from grass runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 443417 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199907 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : wi47.airport |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 700 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 443417 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : unable |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Took runway 32 the active. On roll right brake was sticking and takeoff aborted. Corrected brake problem and proceeded with departure. Washington island is a grass strip approximately 2200 ft long. Upon reaching 45 KTS I brought up the nose and at 60 KTS I rotated and started to climb. I had packed the plane and messed up because I discovered I was aft center of gravity. Without enough runway left to put down I climbed with stall warning screaming to avoid trees at the end of runway. We cleared the trees by 50 ft (approximately). The contributing factors were too much baggage, and not knowing the density altitude. Also too much confidence, thank god I am still around to live and learn.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 OVERLOADED ACFT RESULTING IN EXCESS AFT CTR OF GRAVITY. ALMOST HIT THE TREES ON TKOF FROM GRASS RWY.
Narrative: TOOK RWY 32 THE ACTIVE. ON ROLL R BRAKE WAS STICKING AND TKOF ABORTED. CORRECTED BRAKE PROB AND PROCEEDED WITH DEP. WASHINGTON ISLAND IS A GRASS STRIP APPROX 2200 FT LONG. UPON REACHING 45 KTS I BROUGHT UP THE NOSE AND AT 60 KTS I ROTATED AND STARTED TO CLB. I HAD PACKED THE PLANE AND MESSED UP BECAUSE I DISCOVERED I WAS AFT CTR OF GRAVITY. WITHOUT ENOUGH RWY LEFT TO PUT DOWN I CLBED WITH STALL WARNING SCREAMING TO AVOID TREES AT THE END OF RWY. WE CLEARED THE TREES BY 50 FT (APPROX). THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE TOO MUCH BAGGAGE, AND NOT KNOWING THE DENSITY ALT. ALSO TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE, THANK GOD I AM STILL AROUND TO LIVE AND LEARN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.