- Date
- May 27, 1983, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Steubenville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757TVCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830527021839A
- Case key
- 12188
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt & an instructor (CFI) were practicing touch-and-go landings. On about the 5th pattern, the CFI moved the mixture control to the off position to simulate an engine failure. He stated that he had been taught to do this by his instructor. When the CFI became dissatisfied with the student's apch, he assumed control of the acft & attempted to restart the eng. Reportedly, the eng would not start immediately & the acft was landed on the sod adjacent to the rwy. The CFI stated that during the landing roll-out, he tried to steer the acft between a ditch & the wind sock pole, but the right wing struck the pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757TV
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1528000
- Airframe hours
- 1,180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald Hirkala
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1982 · 424 hours before
- Airport
- 2G2 · Steubenville Pier, runway 31, 3,300 × 35 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 550 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 131 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HLG, 5 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.
Other investigations on N757TV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.