- Date
- March 7, 1990, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alpena, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48690Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900307003479A
- Case key
- 14642
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Probable cause
Student pilot's failure to maintain positive directional control during the takeoff roll. The student pilot's lack of flight experience was a contributing factor in this accident.
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 stated that he was unable to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the takeoff roll; the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway and impacted a plowed ridge of snow and ice. The student pilot reported a total flight time of 32.2 hours (all in this make and model of aircraft, including 1.4 hours of solo flight time).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48690
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280929
- Airframe hours
- 3,675
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phelps Collins Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 25, 1990 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- APN · Alpena, MI
- Destination
- APN · Alpena, MI
- Airport
- APN · Phelps Collins, runway 19, 9,001 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.