- Date
- June 7, 1982, 20:15 local (Jun 8, 1982, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mckinney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89551Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820607023729A
- Case key
- 71633
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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 practicing touch and go landings lost control of the aircraft and swerved off the runway. The aircraft then contacted a fence and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89551
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282782
- Airframe hours
- 1,019
- Engine
- Lycom O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Raney
- Registered owner
- Larry Raney
- Departed
- Dallas North, TX
- Destination
- Dallas North, TX
- Airport
- Mckinney Municipal A/P, runway 17, 4,000 × 0 ft, concrete
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 11 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N89551 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.