- Date
- October 25, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757MCCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851025054249A
- Case key
- 7028
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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
Flare - misjudgedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Nose over
Analysis
During an attempted touch and go landing the student plt lost directional control of the acft. The acft ballooned during touchdown, veered off the rwy and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757MC
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-79840
- Airframe hours
- 4,270
- Engine
- Continental O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Big Shanty Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1985 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- 8A4 · Marietta, GA
- Airport
- 8A4 · Mcgollum, runway 9, 4,591 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 42 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.