- Date
- October 6, 1985, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Pell City, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49446Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851006049099A
- Case key
- 6988
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over following a loss of control during a x-wind landing. The student plt stated he crabbed the acft intothe wind to compensate for the x-wind during the apch. The acft touched down still in the crabbed position and traveled off the right side of the rwy. The right wing contacted a tetrahedron and the nose gear contacted a ditch resulting in the acft nosing over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49446
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281273
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Harmon, doing business as Birmingham Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Leon S. Spaeth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PLR · Pell City, runway 2, 4,200 × 80 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.