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FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Creswell, OR · September 7, 2000

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Date
September 7, 2000 · 18:15 local
Place
Creswell, OR
Airport
Hobby Field Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N93166
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
26 total22 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days
N93166Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15285428 · Built 1981Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23)After approx. 45 min. Of flying, pilot reentered the pattern & was parcticing touch & go landings at Creswell. Incident occurred during his 2nd landing-takeoff. He made a normal approach & landed with 20 degress of flaps. As soon as nose wheel touched, he released over & turned the carb. Heat off. He then set the flaps to 10 degress & proceeded to push in on the throttle. He reached full power & was checking the airspeed indicator when he heard a dull "clunk". The plane began to immediately move towards the left. He tried straightening the plane using tight rudder, without success, and he believes that he also instinctively tunred the yoke to the right. He then pulled the throttle completely back & started applying both brakes. The plane continued to move left & departed the r/w entering the grassy area between the r/w and the taxiway. The plane continued through the grass, over the paved turnoff from the r/w & back down through a drainage ditch on north side of the turnoff. The nose gear broke off & the plane came to rest in a nose down altitude.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AFTER APPROX. 45 MIN. OF FLYING, PILOT REENTERED THE PATTERN & WAS PARCTICING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS AT CRESWELL. INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING HIS 2ND LANDING-TAKEOFF. HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH & LANDED WITH 20 DEGRESS OF FLAPS. AS SOON AS NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED, HE RELEASED OVER & TURNED THE CARB. HEAT OFF. HE THEN SET THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGRESS & PROCEEDED TO PUSH IN ON THE THROTTLE. HE REACHED FULL POWER & WAS CHECKING THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WHEN HE HEARD A DULL "CLUNK". THE PLANE BEGAN TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE TOWARDS THE LEFT. HE TRIED STRAIGHTENING THE PLANE USING TIGHT RUDDER, WITHOUT SUCCESS, AND HE BELIEVES THAT HE ALSO INSTINCTIVELY TUNRED THE YOKE TO THE RIGHT. HE THEN PULLED THE THROTTLE COMPLETELY BACK & STARTED APPLYING BOTH BRAKES. THE PLANE CONTINUED TO MOVE LEFT & DEPARTED THE R/W ENTERING THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE R/W AND THE TAXIWAY. THE PLANE CONTINUED THROUGH THE GRASS, OVER THE PAVED TURNOFF FROM THE R/W & BACK DOWN THROUGH A DRAINAGE DITCH ON NORTH SIDE OF THE TURNOFF. THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF & THE PLANE CAME TO REST IN A NOSE DOWN ALTITUDE.