- Date
- July 17, 1989, 19:20 local (Jul 18, 1989, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- New Castle, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5158DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890717022579A
- Case key
- 14384
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintian directional during the aborted takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. The ditch was a contributing factor.
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
During an aborted takeoff, the acft veered off the rgt side of the 1200 x 18 ft grass strip & went into a ditch. The plt rprtd that he aborted the takeoff because he thought he heard the eng 'sputter.' No preimpact malfunction of the engine was found. Due to heart problems & diabetes, the 67 yr old plt had not been issued a med cert since 1977. The last entry in his logbook was in 1959. At that time, he had logged 800 hrs of flt time. Shortly after the acdnt, he suffered a series of strokes, which prevented him from being interviewed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5158D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51258
- Airframe hours
- 1,776
- Engine
- Continental O-470-C, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lefavour, Emmett L.
- Registered owner
- Lefavour, Emmett L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE, runway 18, 1,200 × 18 ft, grass/turf
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 44 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.
Other investigations on N5158D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.