Cessna 152 N4713B

Summary

On 26 October 1988 at about 14:35 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N4713B was involved in an accident near Reidsville, North Carolina, 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

26 October 1988 at 14:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Reidsville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Rockingham Co (NC14)

Coordinates

36.3393, -79.6708

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N4713B

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

ATL89LA018

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 STUDENT PLT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE NOSE '...WAS WANTING TO COME UP SOONER THAN IT SHOULD' DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLT; HE CHECKED THE ELEVATOR TRIM AND FOUND IT PROPERLY SET. HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE REDUCED THE PWR AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE AIRPLANE 'GOT AHEAD' OF HIM AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP, AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER. THE STUDENT NOTED THAT HIS INSTRUCTOR HAD BRIEFED HIM TO EXPECT INCREASED TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE WITH ONLY ONE PERSON ON BOARD; HOWEVER, HE WAS SUPRISED BY THE INCREASED PERFORMANCE. HE SAID HE HAD APPARENTLY APPLIED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE LEFT BRAKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP, AS THE LEFT TIRE HAD LEFT A SKID MARK ON THE RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.