ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359507
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| Date: | Friday 9 December 1994 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | North Star Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6445P |
| MSN: | 15285014 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9461 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mankato, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KMKT) |
| (KMKT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. HE STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER, RETRACTED THE FLAPS, AND PUSHED THE CARBURETOR HEAT INTO THE OFF POSITION. HE THEN GLANCED DOWN MOMENTARILY AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO CHECK THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR. AS HE LOOKED UP, HE REALIZED THE AIRPLANE HAD VEERED TO THE LEFT. WHILE APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT.
Probable Cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA054
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 2000 | N6445P | North Star Aviation, Inc. | 0 | MANKATO, Minnesota | |
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| 15-Mar-2024 11:40 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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