# Accident 19980717023809A: Cessna 150M, Ormond Beach, FL, July 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1998, 12:07 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2801° N, 81.0610° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2801&lon=-81.0610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 19 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980717023809A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY JSUT PRIOR TO VI. FOLDED THE NOSE GEAR.(.4) ON JULY 17, 1998, ABOUT 1207 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N704FE, REGISTERED TO ORMOND BEACH AVIATION, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 26 AFTER ABOUT 25 TO 30 YARDS OF TAKEOFF ROLL AT ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THE START OF HIS TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 26, THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND, "...I WAS UNABLE TO STOP IT SO, THE PLANE RAN ONTO THE GRASS WITH THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSING." (-23) STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT LEFT RUNWAY AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. STUDENT IS FROM IRELAND.

## 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 MIA98LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA199), Jul 17, 1998: Cessna 150M (N704FE), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N704FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20130726015181I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130726015181I), Jul 26, 2013: Cessna 150M (N704FE), Ormond Beach, FL, Minor damage. N704FE collided with N9210B while N704FE was attempting to taxi around N9201B at the run-up area for runway 26 at komn. N704FE left wingtip struck N9210B'S…

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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