ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287138
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| Date: | Thursday 5 March 2009 |
| Time: | 12:43 LT |
| Type: |  Diamond DA20-C1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N176MA |
| MSN: | C0345 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 750 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-240-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Morristown, New Jersey -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Morristown Municipal Airport, NJ (MMU/KMMU) |
| Morristown Municipal Airport, NJ (MMU/KMMU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The solo student pilot had accumulated a total of 14 flight hours at the time of the accident. For his second solo flight, he received a flight release from his instructor to conduct touch-and-go landings. During the first takeoff on runway 23, the student added full power for the takeoff roll. As the front wheel began to lift off, the airplane drifted off the left side of the 150-foot-wide runway. The left wing struck the runway distance sign marked "5," destroying the sign that was situated approximately 36 feet from the runway edge. The student "had no sensation of a collision," and conducted three touch-and-go landings and a full stop before he terminated the flight. The student told the controller in the air traffic control tower that he experienced a momentary loss of control. Damage to the wing was discovered when the student returned the airplane to the flight school. The leading edge of the left wing was damaged from the landing light inboard for approximately 3 feet. The inboard end of the damaged area exhibited splintering and separation of composite finish, binder, and cloth layers. The underside of the wing had an approximately 6-inch hole that also exhibited splintered layers of composite finish, binder, and cloth material. The manager of the flight school reported that there were no airplane malfunctions or mechanical failures either before or after the collision. The student indicated that the airport Automated Terminal Information Service reported winds to be from 210 degrees at 9 knots.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA09CA192
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 2013 | N176MA | Best-in-Flight | 1 | Near Linden Airport - KLDJ, Linden, NJ | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 07:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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