- Date
- June 15, 1985, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Abbeville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47071Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850615025459A
- Case key
- 6809
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Rudder - improper use ofCause
Lack of total experience in type operationCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Touch-and-go - attemptedFactor
Nose over
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
While practicing touch & go landings the student plt lost directional control of the acft & ran off the side of the rwy. The acft flipped to an inverted attitude when the nose wheel dug into the soft soil. The student was on his second solo flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47071
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283164
- Airframe hours
- 2,260
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry . Latham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 1985 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- A03 · Abbeville, SC
- Airport
- A03 · Davis Field, runway 8, 2,240 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AND, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.