- Date
- July 13, 1982, 07:07 local (11:07 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6234LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820713028749A
- Case key
- 70195
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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
Plt made steep turn after takeoff & stalled. Acft came to rest on the arpt about 1500 ft from the point where the takeoff run was initiated & about 200 ft north of rwy 9. It was necessary for the plt to be airborne by 0700 in order for him to make his first traffic report at a specified location by 0710.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6234L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284380
- Airframe hours
- 995
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Wcsc,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wcsc,Inc.
- Departed
- JZI · Charleston, SC
- Destination
- JZI · Charleston, SC
- Airport
- JZI · Charleston Exec, runway 9, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,084 total · 1,986 in this make and model · 1,997 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.