- Date
- February 15, 1984, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albertville, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6418BCessna 152
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840215003419A
- Case key
- 6554
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Touch-and-go - performedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The acft ran off the left side of the rwy during landing and nosed over. The student plt said he was practicing touch and go landings solo and lost control of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6418B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15382929
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bobby H. Pannell
- Registered owner
- Leach Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 19, 1983 · 41 hours before
- Airport
- 8A0 · Albertville, runway 23, 4,800 × 80 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.