# NTSB MIA98LA199: Cessna 150M, N704FE, Ormond Beach, FL, July 17, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1998, 12:07 local (16:07 UTC)
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 29.280115, -81.060989 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2801&lon=-81.0610&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43199
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98LA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43199/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA199

## Probable cause

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

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)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - grass
- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704FE), registered now, S/N 15078570, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078570
- Airframe hours: 7628
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19980717023809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980717023809A), Jul 17, 1998: Cessna 150M, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Veered off runway jsut prior to VI. Folded the nose gear.(.4) on July 17, 1998, about 1207 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N704FE, registered to Ormond…

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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