- Date
- July 11, 1985, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Big Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93180Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850711031149A
- Case key
- 4420
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The glider plt was in training for a single eng land rating & was indorsed for solo flt. During her training, she & her instructor plt had landed at the Big Lake arpt. She thought that that was her approval to land there solo. However, there were sandy soft spots on the gravel rwy & the operator stated that the student was not cleared for solo landings at that arpt. During the landing, the student lost directional control of the acft & it veered off the rwy. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed & the left wing hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93180
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1528543
- Airframe hours
- 1,141
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dianne Tarrant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1985 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- BGO · Big Lake, runway 24, 2,800 × 70 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 18 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.