- Date
- May 18, 1983, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- So. Bethlehem, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3138XCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830518025599A
- Case key
- 35184
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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 pilot lost directional control during takeoff. The instructor pilot and student were not injured. The student tried to abort a takeoff when the acft started to swerve left. The instructor tried to correct but had difficulty because of the students input to the power. The acft settled into standing water in a grassy area and ground-looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3138X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-64538
- Airframe hours
- 2,069
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dale M. Darrah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1982 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 4B0 · So. Bethlehem, NY
- Airport
- 4B0 · So. Albany, runway 1, 2,520 × 22 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,541 total · 166 in this make and model · 1,292 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.