- Date
- August 15, 1982, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67834Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820815041619A
- Case key
- 72535
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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
Touch-and-go - initiated
Lack of total experience
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
The student pilot was on his first supervised solo flight. During a touch-and-go landing, when power was added for takeoff, at about 50 KTS, he lost control of the aircraft departed the runway, it struck a bush and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67834
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282045
- Airframe hours
- 1,238
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Santa Fe Aviation
- Registered owner
- Santa Fe Aviation
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe Municipal, runway 2, 8,322 × 100 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8 total · 8 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 163 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.