- Date
- March 3, 1984, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Taylorville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67919Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840303005309A
- Case key
- 12556
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The acft collided with a snowbank and nosed over during landing. The student plt said a nose wheel shimmy developed during landing roll and he was unable to keep the acft on the 6O ft wide rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67919
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282098
- Airframe hours
- 1,647
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mid America Aero
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- 3TV · Taylorville Muni, runway 18, 3,300 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.