- Date
- February 8, 1982, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Statesboro, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89047Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820208002879A
- Case key
- 72719
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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
During the second landing of a supervised solo flight, a gust of wind picked up the right wing and the left wing struck the ground. The student pilot applied power while initiating corrective action. However, the plane ground looped and flipped over on its back in a freshly tilled and planted wheat field beside the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89047
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8051
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter M Bragg
- Registered owner
- Peter M Bragg
- Departed
- Statesboro, GA
- Destination
- Statesboro, GA
- Airport
- Davis Airpark, runway 7, 2,200 × 0 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 15 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.