- Date
- October 17, 1991, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4712BCessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911017046859A
- Case key
- 15336
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Related factors are the student's lack of total experience, improper touch and go procedures, and diverted attention.
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 practicing touch and go operations. He made several satisfactory landings before the accident occurred. He stated that as the airplane accelerated during the takeoff portion of the last touch and go, it became directionally unstable. He then realized he had not retracted the flaps when he added power for the takeoff. The student pilot retracted flaps, retarded the throttle and attempted to abort the takeoff. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway, hit and embankment and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4712B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283592
- Airframe hours
- 3,844
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tri-Air Flight School
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 11, 1991 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- Lee'S Summit, runway 29, 3,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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.