# Accident 19970517010959A: Cessna 150K, Canton, GA, May 17, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1997, 19:45 local time
- Place: Canton, GA
- Airport: Cherokee County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3122° N, 84.4221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHEROKEE COUNTY RGNL (CNI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3122&lon=-84.4221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5689G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5689G-2000-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970517010959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF LEFT THE RUNWAY. STRUCK EMBANKMENT. INDICATES P FACTOR NOT COMPONSATED. (-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED HIS FIRST SOLO TAKEOFF AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT VARIED LEFT AND WAS NOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWWAY AND RAN INTO A DITCH 10 TO 12 FEET DEEP.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5689G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780317004479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317004479A), Mar 17, 1978: Cessna A150K (N5689G), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19750319006549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750319006549A), Mar 19, 1975: Cessna 150K (N5689G), Alpine, TX, Substantial damage. Lnd in rocky fld.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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