- Date
- October 15, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cullman, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5082GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831015054579A
- Case key
- 6370
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on his 1st solo flt. During a touch-and-go pattern, he started to takeoff, after landing, with the elevator trim in a nearly full nose-up position. He stated that after he added power to takeoff, he had to hold the nose down by applying forward pressure on the yoke. Reportedly, the acft began to 'wheelbarrow' & drift to the left. The student reported that he applied right rudder, but the acft continued to the left. He then reduced the power to idle, but the acft went off the rwy, went into mud & nosed over. Aprx 35 mi north at birmingham, AL, the 1745 CDT wind was from 080 deg at 4 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5082G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273531
- Airframe hours
- 1,285
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shoals American Industries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1982 · 281 hours before
- Airport
- 2A1 · Folsom Field, runway 19, 5,200 × 100 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10 total · 10 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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