- Date
- January 30, 1993, 15:37 local (20:37 UTC)
- Place
- Hagerstown, MD
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5725GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930130002449A
- Case key
- 37292
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Probable cause
The failure of the flight instructor to adequately supervise the student pilot, and take control of the airplane in a timely manner which resulted in the airplane departing the runway and striking a tower. Factors related to the accident were the improper use of the flight controls by the student pilot and the cross wind.
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 flight, with a student pilot on the controls, and a flight instructor on board was making a touch and go, with a crosswind from the left at 20 KTS, gusting to 25 KTS. The touchdown and initial rollout was down the runway; however, when power was added for takeoff, the student pilot took out the aileron correction and the left wing lifted, followed by the airplane veering right. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and got it into the air prior to departing the runway; however, he was unable to avoid a tower on the side of the runway which was struck by a wing. The airplane fell to the ground and cartwheeled to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5725G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071225
- Airframe hours
- 5,857
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Poni Aero Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1992 · 57 hours before
- Airport
- HGR · Washington Co. Regional, runway 2, 3,494 × 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,566 total · 650 in this make and model · 1,386 as pilot in command · 133 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HGR, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.