- Date
- February 1, 1986, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25350Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860201002659A
- Case key
- 7059
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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 - in flight
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Climb - improperCause
Diverted attention
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The plt was on takeoff from rwy 05 when rwy 13 was being reported by the arpt operator over UNICOM as the active rwy. During climb out the plt spotted another acft lined up with rwy 13 (apparently to land). He entered a steep climb and started looking for the other acft. At an alt of aprx 200-300 ft AGL, the acft stalled and spun to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25350
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280608
- Airframe hours
- 3,356
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Unlimited
- Registered owner
- Lee Garvin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 3, 1986 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- LBT · Lumberton Municipal, runway 5, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,310 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,304 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 25 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.