- Date
- November 5, 1985, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Duluth, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45953Cessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851105056029A
- Case key
- 13381
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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 - in flight
Compensation for wind conditions - not correctedFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedFactor
Lack of total experienceFactor
Go-around - attemptedFactor
Proper climb rate - not obtainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Nose over
Analysis
The student plt had been practicing touch and go landings and on his third apch the acft drifted to the right of the rwy. He added pwr and attempted to go around. He heard the stall warning horn so he lowered the nose. The acft contactedthe ground, flipped over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45953
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282958
- Airframe hours
- 2,032
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Duluth Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 2, 1985 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- DLH · Duluth, MN
- Airport
- DLH · Duluth Int'L, runway 13, 2,575 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.