- Date
- January 8, 1988, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N280SVCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880108000289A
- Case key
- 17430
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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 plt reported that he was making touch and go landings on rwy 09, an asphalt rwy 6200 x 75 ft. the wind was light and variable. The plt said that during the 4th t&g, he landed a little fast and not perfectly aligned with the rwy. When he applied pwr to takeoff, the aircraft turned to the lt and he did not compensate with enough rudder. The acft swerved to the lt side of the rwy, collided with a snowbank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N280SV
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1528233
- Airframe hours
- 2,643
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Imperial Air Link
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- GXY · Weld County, runway 9, 6,200 × 75 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.