- Date
- July 18, 1987, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Carlisle, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5669GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870718035369A
- Case key
- 7485
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a takeoff attempt, the student retarded the throttle shortly after liftoff. This flt was the student plts second flight and the first flight with this instructor. The student was instructed to follow along on the flight controls. This was the first takeoff. The student was further instructed to advance the throttle. As the aircraft approached vlof she retarded the throttle. The instructor was making the t/o. the a/c rolled off the rwy into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5669G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071169
- Airframe hours
- 5,963
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James S.Jansa
- Registered owner
- James S. Jansa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1986 · 27 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 300 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.