- Date
- January 26, 1992, 11:14 local (16:14 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5842GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920126001119A
- Case key
- 15389
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during a takeoff ground run. Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's diverted attention, his lack of total experience, and 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 accident airplane ran off the runway and nosed down in soft terrain during a takeoff ground run. The airplane was being operated as an instructional flight and the student was performing a first supervised solo flight. The pilot stated: 'on take off window popped open on passenger side. As I tried to shut it I went off the runway.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5842G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071342
- Airframe hours
- 4,757
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Lansing Aviation
- Registered owner
- Linda Ingalls
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1991 · 59 hours before
- Airport
- LAN · Capital City, runway 28, 7,251 × 150 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 13 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 1 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.
Other investigations on N5842G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.