- Date
- February 24, 1985, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manassas, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4599LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850224057179A
- Case key
- 11160
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Analysis
The student plt reported that after the acft touched down on a touch-&-go landing, he observed about 1000 birds at the departure end of the rwy. He elected to turn off at the 1st available taxiway. However, his speed was too fast to negotiate the turn & the acft went off the hard surface & onto the grass. The nose gear sank into soft, wet terrain & the acft stopped in a nose down attitude. About 8 to 10 sec later, the wind blew the acft over. The plt had landed with a quartering tail wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4599L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284189
- Airframe hours
- 1,906
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dulles Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lloyd D. Young
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 20, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- W10 · Manassas, runway 34L, 3,700 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- W10
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4599L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.