19810102000079A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Columbus, IN · January 2, 1981

Date
January 2, 1981 · 10:00 local
Place
Columbus, IN
Airport
Bakalar
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4691L
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81DEX09
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student allowed airplane to drift on crosswind lift-off. Struck snowbank on side of runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO DRIFT ON CROSSWIND LIFT-OFF. STRUCK SNOWBANK ON SIDE OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.