- Date
- January 15, 1986, 18:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place
- Conway, SC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6235QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860115000759A
- Case key
- 7054
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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.
Analysis
During night flight instruction for takeoff and landing practice, the aircraft collided with trees off the approach end of the runway and impacted the ground 800 feet short of the runway. The runway had been recently extended and the trees off the end of the runway had been scheduled to be cleared prior to completing the extension project. The trees were cleared the day after this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6235Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285207
- Airframe hours
- 2,407
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N. American Institute Of Avia.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 13, 1986 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- HYW · Conway, SC
- Airport
- HYW · Conway-Horry Co., runway 4, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 987 total · 450 in this make and model · 788 as pilot in command · 315 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO, 44 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.