- Date
- August 9, 1982, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Iredell, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6279MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820809056939A
- Case key
- 71157
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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 student pilot originally took off at temple, TX and proceeded to mcgregor, TX to practice touch-and-go landings. After departing mcgregor to return to temple, he became lost. After about two hours, he landed in a pasture and received directions to temple. He started to takeoff from the pasture, then elected to abort. Before stopping, the aircraft struck a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6279M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284650
- Airframe hours
- 470
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- The Plane Thing, Inc.
- Registered owner
- The Plane Thing, Inc.
- Departed
- Mcgregor, TX
- Destination
- Temple, TX
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 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.