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C172 pilot reported contacting a runway edge light and rejecting takeoff due to misaligning on the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1515139 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201801 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
About to launch on an IFR instrument practice flight. Cleared to take off from [an intersection]. Taxied on to the runway and initiated the takeoff roll. I somehow confused the runway edge lights with the center light. Corrective action was initiated too late and as a result; I hit one runway edge light with the left side wheel fairing. Aborted the takeoff and notified the tower. Exited the runway on golf; informed ground to remove debris from the wheel fairing from the runway and taxied back to the hangar. A combination of the landing light on the aircraft just died; I had not flown in the cessna for a number of months; nor had I practiced IFR in a number of months were the factors leading up to the event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reported contacting a runway edge light and rejecting takeoff due to misaligning on the runway.
Narrative: About to launch on an IFR instrument practice flight. Cleared to take off from [an intersection]. Taxied on to the runway and initiated the takeoff roll. I somehow confused the runway edge lights with the center light. Corrective action was initiated too late and as a result; I hit one runway edge light with the left side wheel fairing. Aborted the takeoff and notified the tower. Exited the runway on Golf; informed ground to remove debris from the wheel fairing from the runway and taxied back to the hangar. A combination of the landing light on the aircraft just died; I had not flown in the Cessna for a number of months; nor had I practiced IFR in a number of months were the factors leading up to the event.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.