Accident Cessna 150 N5842G, Sunday 26 January 1992

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Date:	Sunday 26 January 1992
Time:	13:14 LT
Type:	Cessna 150
Owner/operator:	Lansing Aviation
Registration:	N5842G
MSN:	15071342
Year of manufacture:	1969
Total airframe hrs:	4757 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-200
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lansing, MI - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED DOWN IN SOFT TERRAIN DURING A TAKEOFF GROUND RUN. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING A FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED: 'ON TAKE OFF WINDOW POPPED OPEN ON PASSENGER SIDE. AS I TRIED TO SHUT IT I WENT OFF THE RUNWAY.'

Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING A TAKEOFF GROUND RUN. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT ARE THE PILOT'S DIVERTED ATTENTION, HIS LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE, AND THE SOFT TERRAIN.

Accident investigation: