- Date
- June 14, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Latrobe, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N65615Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830614046699A
- Case key
- 35202
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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 acft ran off the runway when the student pilot attempted to close a window during the takeoff roll. As the acft left the runway the nose wheel collapsed rearward and the prop, main gear and fuselage were damaged. The pilot received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65615
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75786
- Airframe hours
- 192
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry & Martha Stinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1983 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- LBE · Latrobe, PA
- Destination
- LBE · Latrobe, PA
- Airport
- LBE · Westmoreland, runway 23, 5,500 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N65615 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.