- Date
- March 26, 1993, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Knightdale, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N68276Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930326007049A
- Case key
- 8730
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to maintain control of the aircraft.
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
The student pilot stated that he lost control of the aircraft during a landing attempt. The aircraft departed the runway to the left, ran into a ditch and nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68276
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285322
- Airframe hours
- 5,719
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen, Martin L., doing business as Knightdale Airport
- Registered owner
- Allen, Martin L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1993 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- W17
- Airport
- W17 · Raleigh East, runway 1, 3,000 × 100 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9 total · 9 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 20 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.