- Date
- October 9, 1988, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Carbondale, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N98395Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881009046319A
- Case key
- 14297
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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 student pilot, while on the takeoff roll on his first solo flight, experienced a loss of directional control which he failed to correct. The aircraft swerved to the left and departed the runway, striking a VASI installation before coming to a stop. The student pilot did not attempt to abort the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98395
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276285
- Airframe hours
- 909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Institute & Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1988 · 59 hours before
- Airport
- MDH · Southern Illinois Airport, runway 36, 5,801 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDH
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 N98395 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.