- Date
- April 16, 1983, 22:00 local (Apr 17, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jefferson, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N666LSCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830416014409A
- Case key
- 20864
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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
Reportedly, the plt landed 'long & hot' at dusk, then lost control of the acft while he was trying to stop on the rwy. The acft veered off the right side of the rwy. Subsequently, the nosewheel dropped into a small culvert. The left wing spar & firewall were distorted by impact forces.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666LS
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282217
- Airframe hours
- 910
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. W. Brasch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1983 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- ASL · Marshall, TX
- Airport
- 24F · Cypress River, runway 23, 3,200 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 150 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GGG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.