# Accident 19980430014319A: Cessna 152, Fort Collins, CO, April 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1998, 07:45 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4102° N, 105.0706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4102&lon=-105.0706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25525, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980430014319A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. DEPARTED RUNWAY. FROZE. NOSED OVER. (.4)DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, THE 20 HOUR (TOTAL FLIGHT TIME) STUDENT PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 100 FOOT WIDE RUNWAY AND ENTERED SOFT TERRAIN WHERE IT NOSED OVER. THE RUNWAY HEADING WAS 330 DEGREES MAGNETIC, AND THE WIND AT THE TIME WAS FROM 300 DEGREES MAGNETIC HEADING AT 5 KNOTS.                                                            (-23)THE STUDENT PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF A CESSNA 152, WAS DEPARTING RW33 AT FNL ON HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL SHE LOST CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND PROCEEDED INTO THE DIRT.  SHE STATED THAT SHE FROZE AND WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL.  THE IARCRAFT NOSED OVER, FLIPPED ON ITS BACK AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILO WAS NOT INJURED.  WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC.  THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE INTERVIEWED AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA199), Apr 30, 1998: Cessna 152 (N25525), Fort Collins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper use of the rudder controls, which resulted in loss of directional control, a ground swerve, an encounter with soft terrain, and a nose over. The soft terrain was a…

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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