- Date
- August 10, 1999, 08:36 local (12:36 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67914Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990810011659A
- Case key
- 47037
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff from a touch and go landing resulting in the aircraft traveling off the runway, colliding with taxiway lights and a taxiway sign, collapsing the nose landing gear, and nosing down.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot performed three takeoffs and landings with his flight instructor and was then signed off for his first solo flight, and instructed to perform three solo touch and go landings. The first landing was normal and as the pilot applied full engine power to takeoff again the aircraft began to veer to the left. The aircraft went off the runway, collided with taxiway lights and a taxiway sign, collapsed the nose gear, and came to rest nose down.
Factual narrative
On August 10, 1999, about 0836 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N67914, registered to S. L. Associates, Inc., ran off the runway when control was lost during takeoff from a touch-and-go landing at Gwinnett County Airport, Lawrenceville, Georgia, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the student pilot was not injured. The flight last departed from Lawrenceville, the same day, about 0830.
The pilot stated that after making three successful takeoffs and landings with his instructor, his instructor signed him off for his first solo flight and told him to make three solo touch-and-go landings. He took off on runway 25 and remained in the pattern for a touch-and-go landing on runway 25. The landing was normal and immediately after landing he turned off the carburetor heat and applied full engine power to take off again. The aircraft immediately turned sharply to the left. He attempted to correct the left turn, but the aircraft traveled off the runway, over several taxiway lights, and hit a taxiway sign. The nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft traveled a few more feet and came to rest.
The pilot's flight instructor stated they performed three takeoffs and landings together before the accident. She then endorsed the student for solo flight and exited the aircraft. The student departed on his first solo flight and returned for a normal landing. As the student executed a takeoff from the landing, the student lost directional control and the aircraft ran off the runway, collided with a taxiway sign, and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67914
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282096
- Airframe hours
- 7,317
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Advanced Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- S. L. Associates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1999 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- LZU
- Airport
- LZU · Gwinnett County, runway 25, 6,000 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 13 in this make and model · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AHN, 30 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.