- Date
- July 15, 1987, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Middlefield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4649MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870715034809A
- Case key
- 7483
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt's seat slid back during the takeoff roll, following a touch-and-go ldg. The student lost directional control and the airplane ran off the left side of the rwy. The airplane impacted a ditch and nosed over. Post-crash exam of the seat assy by a mechanic revealed that the seat latch assy tension spring had broken. The mechanic noted no problems with the latch pin or the seat track that it engages. The pin is attached to a handle operated by the plt. Downward movement of the handle lowers the pin into one of the seat track holes and secures the seat in place. The spring acts to assist the downward movement of the handle and pin. The Cessna 152 plt oper handbook states that the plt should confirm that the seat is locked in place after releasing the handle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4649M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284474
- Airframe hours
- 2,025
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dyann Davison
- Registered owner
- T & G Flying Club, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- CGF · Cleveland, OH
- Airport
- 7G8 · Geauga County, runway 28, 3,509 × 65 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 35 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4649M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.