- Date
- September 1, 1988, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Windham, CT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N94502Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880901036589A
- Case key
- 36225
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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 student pilot said she heard a popping sound during the takeoff roll and almost instantaneously the door came open. She tried to close the door and when that failed she attempted to abort. She retarded the throttle and attempted braking but it was not effective and the acft ran off the side of the runway and down an embankment. Exam of the wreckage by the operator revealed that the pilot's seat belt banging against the outside of the pilot's door was the popping sound that the plt heard. Examination of the brake system did not reveal any evidence to explain the pilot's report of brake deficiency.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94502
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 85693
- Airframe hours
- 2,368
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- King Service Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- King Services Of Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 16, 1988 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- IAN · E Taunton, MA
- Destination
- 5B0 · Windham, CT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 5B0 · Windham, runway 27, 4,360 × 150 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 98 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.