- Date
- December 16, 1990, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2834SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901216056499A
- Case key
- 14973
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Probable cause
Directional control not maintained by the PIC.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Nose over
Analysis
The student pilot lost directional control during the takeoff run, veered off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2834S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066734
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Abbassian, A
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- D92 · Monroe, MI
- Airport
- D92 · Monroe, runway 30, 5,000 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 40 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- DTW, 20 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.