Cessna 152 N5545L

Summary

On 30 March 1983 at about 16:55 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5545L was involved in an accident near Mansfield, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 March 1983 at 16:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Mansfield, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Mansfield Lahm (MFD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N5545L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Zelienople → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA155

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF AND NOSED DOWN IN THE DRIED GRASS. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAKING OFF ON THE RETURN LEG OF A CROSS-COUNTRY WHEN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 40 KTS. THE WIND WAS 90 DEGREES AT 9 KTS. THE ACFT SWERVED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 14R AND RAN OVER AN EDGING INSTALLATION FORMED LIKE A RAMP WHICH LIFTED THE ACFT AND IT BECAME AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 20 FEET. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WAS NO NOTED MALFUNCTIONS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED IN OVERLOAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.