- Date
- November 24, 2000, 16:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Jefferson City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N66633Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20001124036139A
- Case key
- 50715
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Probable cause
the student pilots failure to maintain directional control. Factors were the service road and the nose gear collapse.
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 airplane ran off the side of the runway and nosed over. The student pilot said, "As I prepared to take off on runway 12, the winds were 040 at 5 to 8 knots. I did not correct for the wind, and after I applied power the plane swerved to the left. When the plane went off the side of the runway, I closed the throttle. Then the plane jumped a service road, and landed on its nose gear. The gear collapsed, the plane skidded on its nose before flipping onto its top." The student pilot reported no mechanical malfunction of the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On November 24, 2000, at 1625 central standard time, a Cessna 150M, N66633, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage when, during takeoff, it ran off the north side of runway 12 (6,000 feet by 100 feet dry asphalt) and nosed over at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Jefferson City, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo flight was not on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The student pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.
In a written statement, the student pilot said, "As I prepared to take off on runway 12, the winds were 040 at 5 to 8 knots. I did not correct for the wind, and after I applied power the plane swerved to the left. When the plane went off the side of the runway, I closed the throttle. Then the plane jumped a service road, and landed on its nose gear. The gear collapsed, the plane skidded on its nose before flipping onto its top." The student pilot reported no mechanical malfunction of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66633
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076169
- Airframe hours
- 8,095
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jefferson City Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 2000 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- JEF
- Airport
- JEF · Jefferson City Memorial, runway 12, 6,000 × 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
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 118 °F, dew point 97 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JEF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.