- Date
- March 2, 1988, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Statesville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25265Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880302004429A
- Case key
- 7717
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane encountered a crosswind gust at touchdown and the student plt lost control. The airplane veered off of the side of the rwy and subsequently impacted an embankment. The student had about 8 hrs of total solo flt experience, about 6 of which was obtained in the preceding 90 days. The student was properly endorsed for the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25265
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280561
- Airframe hours
- 2,445
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Atlantic Aero
- Registered owner
- Lend-A-Wing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 18, 1987
- Departed
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Airport
- SVH · Statesville Municipal, runway 20, 3,700 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.