- Date
- May 30, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N25448Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11322
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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 CFI stated that drg tkof, the acft accelerated slower than normal. After rolling abt 1800', the student rotated the acft to a normal climb attitude & it climbed aprx 5' to 10'. At about that time, the CFI noted that the airspeed indcn had dropped to abt 40 KTS & the acft began to dscnd. He then took the controls & aborted the tkof with about 700' to 800' of rwy remaining. He applied brakes, but the acft skidded off the rgt side of the rwy at the dep end & hit a concrete pad containing rwy end/threshold lights. The temp was 90 deg & the density alt was aprx 2250'. The CFI expecteda longer than normal tkof roll, but at the time of the occurrence, he could not understand why the indcd airspeed had dropped. Rprtdly, the owner had installed a movable cover on the pitot tube to keep insects out, which could block its opening drg hi angle of attack opns.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25448
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280668
- Airframe hours
- 1,639
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hanover Aviation Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1986 · 78 hours before
- Airport
- W07 · Shannon, runway 23, 3,000 × 100 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 334 total · 75 in this make and model · 273 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg