# NTSB MIA83LA112: Cessna 150, N61113, Vero Beach, FL, April 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 27.640419, -80.389602 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6404&lon=-80.3896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30868
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30868/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA112

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF A TOUCH AND GO LANDING POWER WAS APPLIED, THE ACFT WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N61113 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070812
- Airframe hours: 5600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: William J. & Nancy A. Zorc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Airport: X52, New Hibiscus, runway 18, 3,300 × 160 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830406011719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830406011719A), Apr 6, 1983: Cessna 150, Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. During takeoff from a touch and go, student lost control. Aircraft flew into trees on edge of runway at full power.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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