ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368099
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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1989 |
| Time: | 21:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Steve Lester |
| Registration: | N6372K |
| MSN: | 15077672 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Delta, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KDLT) |
| (KDLT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PLT WAS MAKING A LOCAL SUPERVISED SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT. THE CFI STATED THAT THE STUDENT HAD MADE ONE TOUCH-&-GO LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER A SECOND TOUCH-&-GO, THE STUDENT ADDED POWER TO TAKE OFF. THE PLANE THEN SWERVED LEFT, DEPARTED THE RWY & NOSED OVER. THE STUDENT SAID THE NOSE WHEEL ENTERED SOFT SAND & COLLAPSED, THEN THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER & CAME TO REST INVERTED.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A GROUND SWERVE. SOFT TERRAIN BESIDE THE RUNWAY WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN89LA204
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 1988 | N6372K | Darrell Steven Lester | 0 | Delta, UT | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Mar-2024 07:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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