- Date
- April 6, 1993, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sullivan, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89098Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930406008119A
- Case key
- 15695
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 stated that during a touch-and-go landing,he touched down, retracted the flaps, removed carburetor heat and applied full power. According to the pilot, the airplane began an uncontrolled left turn as it reached rotational speed. This was confirmed by his flight instructor who was watching the takeoff. The airplane departed the runway edge and came to rest east of the runway's taxiway. The pilot was asked if he had received training in aborted takeoffs; he stated he could not recall. His logbook record did not have entries to indicate such training. The student's instructor was asked if he taught aborted takeoffs at or below rotation speed. He stated he did not because it was too dangerous.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89098
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gpm Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gpm Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SIV
- Airport
- SIV · Sullivan County, runway 18, 3,559 × 75 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 21 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.