- Date
- March 30, 1983, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mansfield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5545LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830330010129A
- Case key
- 12124
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft swerved off the runway during takeoff and nosed down in the dried grass. The student pilot was taking off on the return leg of a cross-country when he lost directional control at a speed of about 40 KTS. The wind was 90 degrees at 9 KTS. The acft swerved off the left side of runway 14R and ran over an edging installation formed like a ramp which lifted the acft and it became airborne for about 20 feet. The acft touched down in the grass on the right wingtip and the nose gear. The nose gear collapsed. There was no noted malfunctions of the brake system. The nose gear failed in overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5545L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284348
- Engine
- Lycoming O-325-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Condor Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 8G7 · Zelienople, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MFD · Mansfield Lahm, runway 14, 9,000 × 150 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 61 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFD
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 N5545L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.