- Date
- May 28, 1991, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsdale, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5299BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910528018349A
- Case key
- 15078
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the takeoff ground run. A factor associated with the accident is the pilot's lack total experience.
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 accident airplane nosed over in soft terrain after losing control and leaving the runway during a takeoff roll. The student pilot had just completed a one hour period of instruction with a certified flight instructor and had been released for his first supervised solo flight. The accident occurred during his first solo takeoff. According to the student pilot's statement, he lost directional control when he attempted to correct for a 'tailwind coming from the south.' He was still trying to straighten out the takeoff roll when the airplane went in to a plowed field and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5299B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283831
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hillsdale Aero Inc.
- Airport
- Y85 · Hillsdale Muni., runway 27, 3,802 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.