Title: ESSNA 172F, N5204F, NOSED OVER DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF ON RUNWA
Report Date: 10/17
Plane Crash Problem: On October 15, 2003, at 1500 central daylight time, a Cessna 172F, N5204F, nosed over during an aborted takeoff on runway 14 (6,800 feet by 100 feet, concrete) at the Columbus Municipal Airport (OLU), Columbus, Nebraska. The student pilot received a minor injury. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska.
The student pilot reported he was planning on making a touch and go landing at OLU, but he had a difficult time controlling the airplane because of the crosswind, so he elected to make a full stop landing. During the subsequent takeoff, the pilot reported, the airplane was shimming and pulling to the left so he aborted the takeoff at an airspeed of 45 knots. However, the airplane nosed over after it traveled approximately 200 feet off the left side of the runway where it contacted mud.
The winds reported at OLU at 1455 were from 70 degrees at 13 knots.
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