- Date
- February 6, 1987, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Little Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N757SXCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870206002359A
- Case key
- 13728
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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
Proper alignment - poorFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
TotalFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
Analysis
During takeoff roll at about 50-55 KTS plt lost directional control. As the acft started going to the left, the plt applied the brakes. When the acft departed rwy 30, the nose wheel collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757SX
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279978
- Airframe hours
- 1,660
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gateway Aero
- Registered owner
- Virgil L. Barnes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1986 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- LXL
- Destination
- ILL · Willmar, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LXL · Little Falls Morrison Co., runway 30, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
N757SXRegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2021 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 4 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.