- Date
- August 10, 1992, 20:10 local (Aug 11, 1992, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Plainville, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N69230Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920810036659A
- Case key
- 38574
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. The embankment beside the runway was a related factor.
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
During takeoff, the airplane went off the left side of the runway, down an embankment, and nosed over. According to the pilot, about one-quarter of the distance down the runway, the airplane 'pulled very strongly left.' He unsuccessfully tried to regain control. Examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of a mechanical malfunction.
Factual narrative
On August 10, 1992, about 2010 eastern daylight time, N69230, a Cessna 152 airplane, a personal flight, operated by Interstate Aviation, Inc. of Plainville, Connecticut, nosed over during takeoff roll on runway 20 at Robertson Airport in Plainville. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The local flight was operated under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane went off the left side of the 3600 foot long runway, down an embankment, and then it nosed over. According to the pilot, "About one-quarter down runway, plane pulled very strongly to left. I tried to counteract with right rudder to no avail."
The FAA examined the airplane and did not disclosed evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69230
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282574
- Airframe hours
- 8,130
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Interstate Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1992 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- 4B8
- Airport
- 4B8 · Robertson Field, runway 20, 3,616 × 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,812 total · 100 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- 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.