- Date
- July 22, 1993, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Howell, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64988Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930722056819A
- Case key
- 15762
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing.
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 reviewed airwork in the local practice area, then returned to the airport to practice takeoffs and landings. He stated: 'I did four landings, and on the 4th I was going to do a touch and go. Approximately 3/4 of the way down the runway I lost control of the aircraft and veered off to the left.' The airplane came to rest nose down in a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64988
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281515
- Airframe hours
- 6,189
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Free Spirit Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gebler, Lawrence
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1993 · 57 hours before
- Airport
- 3HE · Livingston County Apt., runway 3, 4,300 × 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 28 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 31 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 N64988 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.