- Date
- November 26, 1991, 08:54 local (13:54 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N68967Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911126053619A
- Case key
- 33034
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot-in-command's improper use of the rudder controls and brakes. A contributing factor was his lack of total experience.
Analysis
The student pilot lost control of the airplane on takeoff, aborted the takeoff by retarding the throttle, and ran off the runway. The airplane then hit a ditch and nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68967
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282418
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Orlando, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Orlando, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 7, 5,998 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 1 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.