- Date
- July 21, 1982, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757LGCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71173
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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
Landing was made on sod rwy 4. Touchdown was approximately 60 ft prior to crossing the hard surface parallel taxiway for rwy 13/31. The nose wheel broke off upon contact with the hard surface of the parallel taxiway. There was an approximate 2 inch lip between rwy 4 & the edge of the taxiway for rwy 13/31.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757LG
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279820
- Airframe hours
- 2,052
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flite Center
- Registered owner
- Flite Center
- Departed
- Springfield, IL
- Destination
- Lancaster, PA
- Airport
- Jacksonville, runway 4, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,230 total · 420 in this make and model · 65 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F