- Date
- May 1, 1991, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mulino, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N50488Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910501014189A
- Case key
- 41421
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate remedial action. Factors include nose-gear vibration.
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 encoutered nosewheel shimmy during takeoff while doing touch-and-go landings. He lost control of the aircraft before it lifted off. The aircraft left the surface and collided with the terrain on the left side of the runway, sustaining substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50488
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069340
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mulino Air Center
- Registered owner
- Mulino Air Center
- Airport
- 4S9 · Portland Mulino, runway 32, 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- 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.