- Date
- October 5, 1983, 09:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93844Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831005053169A
- Case key
- 16278
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy and nosed over in the soft grass during landing. The CFI and student had been practicing crosswind landings on rwy 26 with the wind from 290 degrees at 11 KTS. After the landings the CFI got out of acft so that the student could continued as solo. Once airborne the tower changed the landing runway to 35. The student accepted the change and was landing very well on the 1st solo landing until the nose gear was lowered. At this point the acft veered off and nosed over. The chief flt instructor said 'the crosswind should have been avoided by the tower and plt. Also the maintenance personnel should be more aware of wind and weather and how they affect acft prior to a decision to do arpt checks. Continued use of rwy 26 may have avoided this accident'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93844
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285560
- Airframe hours
- 844
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- University Of North Dakota
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 14, 1983
- Airport
- GFK · Grand Forks Intn'L, runway 35, 7,349 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10 total · 10 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N93844 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.