- Date
- October 11, 1990, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N45328Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901011045149A
- Case key
- 14940
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff ground run. A factor in the accident was the soft terrain.
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 on his third supervised solo departed the side of the runway during takeoff roll. The pilot states the left wing lifted at about 55 miles per hour, he overcompensated and aborted takeoff. The aircraft departed the left edge of the pavement, skidded sideways on a wet turf infield and nosed over as the pilot attempted to counter the skid.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45328
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076846
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Craftair Flight School
- Registered owner
- Kevin Kennedy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 1D2
- Airport
- 1D2 · Mettetal-Canton, runway 36, 2,550 × 50 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YIP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.