- Date
- September 3, 1987, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ludington, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7502GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870903049069A
- Case key
- 13821
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg the takeoff roll, the acft went off the left side of the rwy. The student rprtd the takeoff roll seemed normal untilrotation, but when the nose wheel lifted off the rwy, the acft began to veer to the left. He stated he was unable to correct the situation by 'using right rudder or tapping the right brake,' so he reduced the power to 'fully off and tried to ride her out on the grass.' However, when the acft crossed a shallow ditch, the prop contacted the gnd & the acft nosed over. Tire marks were fnd on the rwy for about 500', then they contd for aprx another 200' until the acft nosed over. A post acdnt inspn revealed the brakes & wheels were in serviceable cond. Also, the parking brake was off & the brakes operated normally. The plt rprtd a quartering x-wind fm the northwest at 7 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7502G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074672
- Airframe hours
- 2,251
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard I. Cooper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 24, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- LDM · Mason County, runway 36, 3,500 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 74 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVC, 59 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.