- Date
- February 12, 1982, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49952Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820212003969A
- Case key
- 70588
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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.
Analysis
The student was practicing takeoffs & landings. While taxiing after the first landing he detected a noticably bad shimmy. He continued his takeoffs & landings, and during the last landing he was unable to maintain directional control and collided with a snowbank. Later investigation revealed a defective nose gear shimmy damper.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49952
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281412
- Airframe hours
- 950
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L-2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald A. Otterbacker
- Registered owner
- Donald A. Otterbacker
- Departed
- 22G · Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- CLE · Elyria, OH
- Airport
- 22G · Lorain County Regional, runway 25, 5,000 × 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.