- Date
- February 26, 1991, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Wonder Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N49485Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910226003539A
- Case key
- 15014
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff. Her lack of flying expereince was a related 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
The student pilot was performing her third of three takeoffs and landings during her first supervised solo flight. The runway was 3100 feet in length by 36 feet in width. During the third takeoff ground roll, the airplane yawed left and departed the left side of the runway. The airplane crossed a sod clearway and taxiway, then collided with a plowed field. Winds in the area surrounding the airport were from the west/southwest at 6 and 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49485
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281304
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Galt Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Galt Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 10C · Galt, runway 27, 3,100 × 36 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- UGN, 23 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.