19810126013049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Scottsdale, AZ · January 26, 1981

Date
January 26, 1981 · 17:45 local
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N152MC
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81DUJ30
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,570 total890 in this make and model25 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.

Instructor allowed airplane to drift to left edge of strip. Wheel hit dirt mound. Airplane flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO DRIFT TO LEFT EDGE OF STRIP. WHEEL HIT DIRT MOUND. AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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