- Date
- March 9, 1986, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mocksville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5276MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7071
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 collision with object
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Analysis
During landing the student pilot failed to correct for the crosswind. The aircraft drifted off the runway and collided with sock support post.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5276M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284512
- Airframe hours
- 2,060
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Twin Lakes Aviation
- Registered owner
- Lend-A-Wing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 7, 1986
- Departed
- 8A7 · Mocksville, NC
- Airport
- 8A7 · Twin Lakes, runway 27, 2,950 × 50 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F