- Date
- October 9, 1982, 18:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89023Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821009052119A
- Case key
- 70726
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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 - performed
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Aborted takeoff - initiated
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
While practicing touch & go landings the student plt lost directional control, ran off the side of the rwy into a ditch collapsing the nose gear & turning over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89023
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282600
- Airframe hours
- 2,156
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hallmark School Of Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hallmark School Of Aviation
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- FTW · Meacham, runway 34, 2,800 × 80 ft, asphalt
N89023Registration cancelled Sep 18, 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.