- Date
- March 7, 1993, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lambertville, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67475Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930307004499A
- Case key
- 15680
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
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 reported he was attempting to takeoff from runway 27 with a left crosswind from 190 degrees at 10 knots. He was unable to maintain directional control and struck a snow bank located off the left side of the runway. No mechanical deficiencies with the airplane were claimed or discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67475
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152281854
- Airframe hours
- 3,364
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Suburban Aviation
- Registered owner
- Suburban Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1992 · 67 hours before
- Airport
- 5G9 · Toledo Suburban, runway 27, 3,928 × 50 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 48 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N67475 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.