ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56866
Last updated: 3 January 2021
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| Date: | 05-JAN-2009 |
| Time: | 13:42 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Temco Sky Network |
| Registration: | N45969 |
| C/n / msn: | 15282967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Beach Airport, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Long Beach, CA (LGB) |
| Redlands, CA (REI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
At rotation during the takeoff roll, the airplane veered off the runway, crossed a taxiway, struck a parked helicopter, and impacted cement pilings before erupting in flames. The student pilot reported that he attempted to correct back to the runway with right aileron and rudder, and when the airplane continued off the runway, he tried to close the throttle and stop the airplane. A ground witness reported that the engine noise increased as the airplane came toward the helicopter as if the pilot were attempting to take off. The airplane was destroyed by the ground fire and no meaningful examinations could be made of the control system or the brakes.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failuire to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20090105X15328&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2009 00:39 | Stall Warning | Added |
| 06-Jan-2009 10:04 | harro | Updated |
| 06-Jan-2009 10:57 | Anon. | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 11:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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