- Date
- May 1, 1989, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N45981Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890501010589A
- Case key
- 36405
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
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 solo student plt was practicing touch & go landings when the accident occurred. During the second takeoff the acft veered to the left. Attempts to regain control were unsuccessful. The plt decreased power and applied brakes; however, the acft continued off the side of the rwy into a grass area where it contacted a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45981
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282971
- Airframe hours
- 1,014
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Valley Air Service,Inc
- Registered owner
- Valley Air Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Airport
- BTV · Burlington, runway 19, 3,600 × 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 71 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.