- Date
- March 20, 1982, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Allendale, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757VVCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820320004489A
- Case key
- 69738
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a solo three hundred mile cross country flight the student pilot stated that he strayed to the south of his intended course. He subsequently became disoriented and after circling an area for about 30 minutes began to panic and elected to land. The field he selected was wet and soft. The aircraft had over two hours of fuel left and the selected field turned out to be 3 miles northwest of the intended destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757VV
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152 800 46
- Airframe hours
- 1,569
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bob Jones University
- Registered owner
- Bob Jones University
- Departed
- MCN · Macon, GA
- Destination
- Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 88J · Allendale County
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 39 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.