- Date
- March 20, 1993, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Robbinsville, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N714XHCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930320005729A
- Case key
- 11919
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Probable cause
The flight instructor's failure to successfully take remedial action to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff. A factor related to the accident was the student pilot's improper control of the airplane during liftoff, while practicing a soft field takeoff.
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 instructor pilot (CFI) and student pilot initiated a soft field takeoff. According to the instructor, 'the plane rotated between 40 and 45 knots.' Shortly after liftoff, at about 10 to 15 AGL, the airplane 'broke' to the left. The instructor stated that she attempted to regain control, but the airplane drifted to the left, then right. Subsequently, its main gear impacted the wing of a navion airplane, parked about 75 feet off the right edge of the runway and 2800 feet from the runway threshold. No mechanical malfunction was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714XH
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279510
- Airframe hours
- 4,129
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Venture, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aero Venture, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1993 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- N87
- Destination
- N87
- Airport
- N87 · Trenton Robbinsville, runway 29, 4,275 × 80 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
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 392 total · 315 in this make and model · 269 as pilot in command · 107 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.