- Date
- August 1, 1983, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Urbana, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4648MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830801038209A
- Case key
- 12740
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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 plt stated that when approaching over wires she 'powered up and ended up coming in too fast.' The acft made initial contact on the nose wheel. Subst damage to the eng mount area and the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4648M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1528473
- Airframe hours
- 1,388
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Illini Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 24, 1983 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- 3LC · Lincoln, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- C16 · Urbana, runway 28, 2,500 × 30 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 72 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.