- Date
- May 13, 1982, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Romeo, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46341Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820513017649A
- Case key
- 72421
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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 pilot was practicing touch and go landings. On the third takeoff the aircraft veered to the left and the student was unable to correct. The aircraft continued into a soft field and nosed over. The wind was calm and the weather clear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46341
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283034
- Airframe hours
- 1,808
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank E. Zochowski
- Registered owner
- Frank E. Zochowski
- Departed
- D98 · Romeo, MI
- Destination
- D98 · Romeo, MI
- Airport
- D98 · Romeo, runway 18, 3,422 × 25 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.