- Date
- February 13, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bellefontaine, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5089PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830213004049A
- Case key
- 12091
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ground looped off the runway during a takeoff. The solo student said he encountered nosewheel shimmy during thetakeoff roll. He raised the nose to stop the shimmy and looked at his airspeed indicator. At about that time, the acft weathervaned to the left, ran off the side of the runway and collided with the the VASI. It was known that the acft had a shimmy problem prior to this flight. After the accident the nosewheel shimmy problem could not be duplicated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5089P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284873
- Airframe hours
- 947
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midwest Corporate Air
- Registered owner
- Murrell Vanscoy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 5, 1982 · 13 hours before
- Airport
- 717 · Bellefontaine, runway 22, 4,000 × 65 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N5089P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.