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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Whitewright, TX · July 20, 1983

Date
July 20, 1983 · 15:45 local
Place
Whitewright, TX
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N46909
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA341
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
146 total84 in this make and model14 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.

Pilot reports the seat slid back during the takeoff roll on a road. Lost control. Left the road and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTS THE SEAT SLID BACK DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON A ROAD. LOST CONTROL. LEFT THE ROAD AND NOSED 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.