- Date
- May 18, 1988, 12:19 local (16:19 UTC)
- Place
- Florence, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N757VHCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880518014809A
- Case key
- 7761
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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
The accident occurred as the student pilot was attempting to depart rwy 27. He reported that the airplane began to turn to the left as he initiated rotation. He was unable to correct the turn, and he attempted to abort the takeoff. The airplane veered off of the left side of the rwy, overran an embankment, and nosed over. The student plt reportedly had 29 hrs of PIC experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757VH
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280034
- Airframe hours
- 3,550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cornerstone Aviation, doing business as 100 Tower Rd
- Registered owner
- J-D Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1988 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- FLO
- Destination
- AGS · Augusta, GA
- Airport
- FLO · Florence Regional, runway 27, 6,498 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.