Cessna 152 N49438

Summary

On 19 May 1996 at about 19:05 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N49438, operated by AV8, Inc., was involved in an accident near Van Nuys, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 May 1996 at 19:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Van Nuys, California, United States

Nearest airport

Van Nuys (VNY)

Coordinates

34.1902, -118.4907

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N49438

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

AV8, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX96LA203

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during an aborted takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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During takeoff, at 10 feet above the runway, the aircraft yawed side to side. Because the pilot did not feel he was in control of the aircraft, he chose to abort the takeoff and landed back on the runway. The aircraft veered to the left off the runway, crossing a grass median, a taxiway, and a ramp before coming to rest against a fence. The student's flight instructor was not present at the time; however, in a later debriefing the student could recall no other aircraft nearby that could have caused wake turbulence. The instructor concluded that the pilot may have flown into a dust devil because of the student's report of a yawing motion as opposed to a rolling motion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.