- Date
- December 23, 1982, 10:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Benning, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N129SCCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821223065069A
- Case key
- 70772
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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
Student was doing a touch and go landing. While changing flap, carb heat and applying full throttle aircraft veered left. Recovery was attempted throttle off but aircraft left runway and collapsed nose gear, before flipping over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280245
- Airframe hours
- 1,387
- Engine
- Lycomimg O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ft. Benning Flying Club
- Registered owner
- George Cliff
- Departed
- LSF · Ft. Benning, GA
- Destination
- LSF · Ft. Benning, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LSF · Lawson Army Airfield, runway 2, 5,900 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 9 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 156 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.