- Date
- June 16, 1983, 11:03 local (16:03 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25838Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830616026109A
- Case key
- 20941
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student was departing on a solo x-country flt. He reported that immediately after becoming airborne, directional control was lost & the acft swerved to the left. Full right rudder was applied, but directional control was not regained. As the plt reduced power to idle, the acft continued left & went off the side of the rwy. The nose gear dug into the terrain between the rwy & taxiway, causing the acft to nose over. Witnesses stated that after the acft began veering left, it hit & bounced about 20 ft back in the air before flipping over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25838
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280810
- Airframe hours
- 1,713
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tarrant County College Dr.
- Registered owner
- Ralph E. Windham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 11, 1982 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- CRS · Corsicana, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- F54 · Arlington, runway 16, 4,000 × 100 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.