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| Date: | Sunday 13 February 1983 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Midwest Corporate Air |
| Registration: | N5089P |
| MSN: | 15284873 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 947 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bellefontaine, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY DURING A TAKEOFF. THE SOLO STUDENT SAID HE ENCOUNTERED NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY DURING THETAKEOFF ROLL. HE RAISED THE NOSE TO STOP THE SHIMMY AND LOOKED AT HIS AIRSPEED INDICATOR. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE ACFT WEATHERVANED TO THE LEFT, RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH THE THE VASI. IT WAS KNOWN THAT THE ACFT HAD A SHIMMY PROBLEM PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI83LA115
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 April 1988 | N5089P | E&l Aircraft, Inc. | 0 | Center Village, OH | |
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