- Date
- February 14, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5101BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820214004099A
- Case key
- 70279
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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
Lack of total experienceFactor
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water collision with object
ObjectFactor
Analysis
On the second landing of a supervised solo flight, the aircraft veered and the student pilot lost control. The aircraft collided with the wind sock pole and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5101B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283743
- Airframe hours
- 946
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Texas Skymasters Inc.
- Registered owner
- Texas Skymasters Inc.
- Departed
- GR3 · Cleveland, TX
- Destination
- GR3 · Cleveland, TX
- Airport
- GR3 · Cleveland, runway 33, 3,160 × 65 ft, asphalt
N5101BRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2013 · 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 160 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.