- Date
- April 4, 1992, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47109Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920404010969A
- Case key
- 37139
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a touch and go which resulted in the airplane departing the runway and striking a ditch. Factors related to the accident were the improper use of the flight controls by the pilot and his lack of total experience.
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 was on his second supervised solo in the traffic pattern. As he added power after the first touchdown, the airplane yawed left on the runway and the pilot was unable to regain control prior to departing the runway on the left side. The pilot closed the throttle and the airplane struck a drainage ditch, receiving substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47109
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283171
- Airframe hours
- 4,536
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chin Aviation
- Registered owner
- Robert Chinn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 27, 1992 · 49 hours before
- Airport
- 29G · Portage County, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 25 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
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 N47109 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.