- Date
- June 16, 1983, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Anoka, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68438Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830616025969A
- Case key
- 12216
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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 acft touched down off the runway and nosed over. The low time student pilot stated that on his 6th and final landinghe landed 'slightly off runway.' When the nose wheel was lowered it touched down in soft sand and the acft nosed over. The student pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68438
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152822296
- Airframe hours
- 1,627
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-R2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kent Siebert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 9, 1982 · 55 hours before
- Airport
- Y25 · Gateway North, runway 27, 2,365 × 130 ft, dirt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.