- Date
- August 17, 1994, 09:48 local (13:48 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6115QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940817021649A
- Case key
- 37588
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Probable cause
The inadvertent encounter with a water puddle on the runway during takeoff roll which resulted in the pilot losing directional control and running off the side of the runway.
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 the takeoff roll from a touch and go landing the aircraft appeared to contact a water puddle on the runway. The aircraft veered to the left and before he could regain directional control the aircraft went off the runway into soft terrain and the wings collided with the ground.
Factual narrative
On August 17, 1994, about 0948 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6115Q, registered to District Board of Trust, ran off the runway and collided with the ground while doing a touch-and-go landing at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, Clearwater, Florida. The flight was a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight in the local area. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the student-rated pilot received minor injuries. The flight originated at Clearwater, Florida, on August 17, 1994, about 0830.
The student pilot stated he was practicing touch-and-go landings. Upon landing, he raised the flaps, shut off the carburetor heat and applied full power to take off again. As the aircraft accelerated down the runway the left main tire appeared to contact a water puddle. The aircraft veered to the left and he immediately reduced power to idle. Attempts to regain directional control were unsuccessful and the aircraft went off the left side of the runway. The aircraft then nosed up in soft terrain, the propeller struck the ground, and the wings hit the ground. The aircraft came to rest upright.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6115Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285140
- Airframe hours
- 7,140
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- District Board Of Trust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 13, 1994 · 59 hours before
- Airport
- PIE · St. Petersburg-Clearwater, runway 22, 5,500 × 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
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 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.