Accident Cessna 150 N6225G, Saturday 25 January 1992

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Date:	Saturday 25 January 1992
Time:	16:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 150
Owner/operator:	Girard Enterprises, Inc
Registration:	N6225G
MSN:	15071725
Year of manufacture:	1970
Engine model:	Continental O-200-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	New Haven, 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:
WHILE PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKEOFFS, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST BY THE STUDENT PILOT DURING A TAKEOFF GROUND RUN. THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND THE ACFT SLID INTO A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER.

Probable Cause: DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE DUAL STUDENT AND REMEDIAL ACTION WAS DELAYED BY THE CFI. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ICY RUNWAY CONDITIONS.

Accident investigation: