FTW82DA400

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 152 · Dumas, TX · September 27, 1982

Accident · No injuriesFinal report
Date
September 26, 1982, 19:20 local (Sep 27, 1982, 00:20 UTC)
Place
Dumas, TX
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N24313Cessna 152
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report September 26, 1983
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19820926049889A
Case key
70520

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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.

Hard landingGo-around (vfr)
Go-around - initiatedPilot in commandFactor
Raising of flaps - improperPilot in commandCause

Analysis

During the student's first solo takeoff & landing, she was not lined up with the runway & elected to go around. Power was applied & the flaps were fully retracted. The acft immediately dropped to the ground left of the runway.

Aircraft

Registration
N24313
Reported as
Cessna 152
Category
Airplane
Serial number
15280210
Airframe hours
1,510
Engine
Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Butchs'Flight Serv.
Registered owner
Herschel W. Brown, Jr.
Departed
436 · Dumas, TX
Destination
436 · Dumas, TX
Airport
436 · Dumas Municipal, runway 14, 3,700 × 60 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
34
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Flight hours
12 total · 12 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.