- Date
- February 16, 1983, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mocksville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49018Cessna 152
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830216004169A
- Case key
- 6010
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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 acft nosed over in the mud off the rwy during landing. This was the student plts 2nd solo and during landing roll inpreparation for a running take off (touch and go) control of the acft was lost. The student said he started to go then changed his mind and decided to stop. During this period the acft left the rwy. The ground was soft and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49018
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281104
- Airframe hours
- 2,002
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L. G. Pfefferkorn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1982 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- 8A7 · Mocksville, NC
- Airport
- 8A7 · Twin Lakes, runway 27, 2,900 × 50 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9 total · 9 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.