# Accident 19981025034079A: Cessna 152, Olive Branch, MS, October 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Olive Branch, MS
- Airport: Olive Branch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9509° N, 89.8200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9509&lon=-89.8200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5139B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5139B-2017-04-07) (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: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025034079A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT ON TAKE OFF ROLL (RUNWAY 018, OLV) RIGHT RUDDER HAD NO EFFECT, AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROX 600' THEN IMPACTED TREES. NO INJURIES. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. (.19) ON OCTOBER 25, 1998, ABOUT 1400 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N5139B, REGISTERED TO DOUGLAS AVIATION INC, AND OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED ON TAKEOFF AT THE OLIVE BRANCH MISSISSIPPI AIRPORT, OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE STUDENT-RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED APPLYING FULL POWER TO START HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. HE STATED AS HE APPROACHED ROTATION SPEED HE NOTICED THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED ROLLING LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, AND STARTED TO BECOME AIRBORNE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED LEFT, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. THE PILOT STATED HE NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES DURING HIS PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND THE APPLICATION OF RIGHT RUDDER WOULD NOT CORRECT THE DRIFT. THE  AIRPLANE EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND A DITCH. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES IN THE FLIGHT CONTROL, STEERING, OR BRAKING SYSTEMS.                          (-23) AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT ON TAKE OFF ROLL (RUNWAY 018, OLV) RIGHT RUDDER HAD NO EFFECT, AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROX 600' THEN IMPACTED TREES. NO INJURIES. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA014), Oct 25, 1998: Cessna 152 (N5139B), Olive Branch, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on takeoff, resulting in the airplane's excursion off the runway and collision with trees.

## Other reports on N5139B (1)

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

- [Accident 19790823030169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790823030169A), Aug 23, 1979: Cessna 152 (N5139B), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot exited the acft with engine running to remove nose wheel chock. Student"s hand severed by propeller.

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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