- Date
- August 19, 1983, 09:16 local (13:16 UTC)
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47281Cessna A 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830819070599A
- Case key
- 6170
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the rwy and collided with a ditch during takeoff. The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. During one running takeoff after full power was applied the plt noticed that full flaps were still extended. While retracting the flaps the acft veered to the left off the rwy. The power was reduced and brakes applied but the acft continued on into a drainage ditch. The takeoff was on rwy 10. The winds were reported as being from 360 degrees AT6 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47281
- Reported as
- Cessna A 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283208
- Airframe hours
- 766
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fawell Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 10, 1983 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- W24 · Lynchburg, VA
- Airport
- W24 · Falwell, runway 10, 2,900 × 24 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
- Right
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 15 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °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.