- Date
- July 3, 1994, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N67524Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940703017199A
- Case key
- 3409
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper use of the rudder, and his failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was performing a practice soft field takeoff, on runway 2L, and just after becoming airborne, the airplane began turning left. He stated that he had a correction applied for the existing right crosswind. He attempted to correct the left turn but lost control. The airplane touched down left of the runway, continued onto a parking ramp, and collided with five other aircraft. The wind was 080 degrees at 8 knots. An FAA inspector reported that the pilot had an aileron correction applied for the crosswind, but the rudder was neutral.
Factual narrative
On July 3, 1994, about 1345 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N67524 was substantially damaged following a collision with five parked aircraft during a takeoff attempt at Dekalb Peachtree Airport in Chamblee, Georgia. The student pilot was not injured. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by Peachtree Dekalb Flight Academy of Chamblee, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the local, instructional flight.
The student pilot stated that he was practicing a short field takeoff on runway 2L. According to his statement, just after becoming airborne, he lost control of the aircraft. The airplane crossed the taxiway, and struck five parked aircraft located on the airport ramp parking area before coming to a stop.
A Federal Aviation Administration Inspector stated that the pilot used aileron correction for the existing crosswind, but did not apply any rudder correction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67524
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285301
- Airframe hours
- 4,521
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peachtree Dekalb Flight Academ
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1994 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb-Peachtree, runway 2L, 3,744 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 543 total · 543 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK
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 N67524 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.