Cessna 152 N89074

Summary

On 1 August 1998 at about 18:10 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89074 was involved in an accident near Culpeper, Virginia, 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

1 August 1998 at 18:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Culpeper, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Culpeper Co (CJR)

Coordinates

38.4695, -78.0006

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N89074

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD98LA088

Nobody was injured.

Failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. A related factor was wind gusts.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the student pilot, as he began the takeoff roll on runway 4, the airplane started to yaw to the left. He said the throttle was at full power, and he corrected with right rudder, but the airplane continued off the left side of the runway, onto the grass, struck a ditch and nosed over. He reported over 30 hours of total flight experience, including 17 hours in make and model, and 7 hours of solo flight experience. He also reported that there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane or the engine. The reported weather at the time of the accident was winds from 020 at 10 knots with wind gusts to 14 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.