- Date
- May 23, 1991, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Knightdale, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N93002Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910523018399A
- Case key
- 8409
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Probable cause
The student pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff. The pilot's continued operation of the airplane with a known discrepancy and the operator's previous improper maintenance/inspection of the pitot/static system were factors related to the accident.
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 the takeoff roll for a solo flight, the student noted that the airspeed indicator did not move. He stopped the airplane, shut off the engine & examined the pitot tube & static port. They did not appear to be blocked. A second takeoff was attempted. Halfway down the runway, the airspeed indicator showed 50 KTS, then decreased. While trying to abort the takeoff, the acft ran off the end of the runway, hit a ditch & a fence. A previous pilot had the same discrepancy earlier in the day. An instructor pilot removed dirt from the pitot tube with a wire. No maintenance inspection of the airplane was done & a written discrepancy was not made. The operator/owner did not use pitot covers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93002
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285374
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Raleigh East Airport
- Registered owner
- Renne Associate
- Airport
- W17 · Raleigh East, runway 19, 3,000 × 36 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N93002 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.