- Date
- September 30, 1994, 08:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46872Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940930032399A
- Case key
- 19176
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Probable cause
The 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
While practicing landings and takeoffs, during the first supervised solo flight, the pilot lost directional control and ran off of the runway during takeoff. The airplane struck a dirt mound and nosed over. There were no mechanical malfunctions and the wind was calm.
Factual narrative
On September 30, 1994, at 0855 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N46872, was substantially damaged during takeoff at Bourland Field, Fort Worth, Texas. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions with calm winds prevailed for the supervised solo flight. The student pilot was not injured.
During an interview conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot reported that while practicing takeoffs and landings during her first solo flight she lost directional control and ran off the left side of runway 17. After the airplane left the runway, it struck a dirt mound and nosed over, resulting in structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46872
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283127
- Airframe hours
- 4,132
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2E, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bourland Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Blasingam, Murle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 28, 1994 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 50F · Ft. Worth, TX
- Destination
- 50F · TX
- Airport
- 50F · Bourland Field, runway 17, 4,150 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 25 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 N46872 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.