- Date
- July 17, 1998, 12:07 local (16:07 UTC)
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N704FECessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980717023809A
- Case key
- 43199
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
Analysis
The student pilot lost directional control upon application of take-off power and ran off the left side of the runway, collapsing the nose gear and damaging the firewall and propeller.
Factual narrative
On July 17, 1998, about 1207 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N704FE, registered to Ormond Beach Aviation, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, veered off runway 26 after about 25 to 30 yards of takeoff roll at Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage, and the student pilot was not injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
The pilot stated that at the start of his takeoff roll on runway 26, the airplane veered to the left and, "...I was unable to stop it so, the plane ran onto the grass with the nose wheel collapsing."
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
- N704FE
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078570
- Airframe hours
- 7,628
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ormond Beach Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 17, 1998 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- 0MN
- Airport
- OMN · Ormond Beach Minicipal, runway 26, 4,004 × 100 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 19 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 9 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.