- Date
- October 11, 1990, 14:17 local (21:17 UTC)
- Place
- Pullman, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N757LCCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901011045189A
- Case key
- 41352
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
Analysis
The student pilot lost directional control during takeoff ground roll while practicing solo touch and go training. The acft departed the side of the runway and impacted terrain.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757LC
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279816
- Airframe hours
- 2,458
- Engine
- Lycoming O-230-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Interstate Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 19, 1990 · 57 hours before
- Airport
- PUW · Pullman, runway 23, 6,700 × 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 200 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.