- Date
- October 31, 1983, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Weslaco, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25788Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831031055769A
- Case key
- 21194
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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 was practicing touch & go landings on a solo flt. On his 1st apch, the acft touched down on the left side of the rwy. The student reported that when he added power to go around, the acft veered to the left. He reported that he applied excessive right rudder, then used excessive left rudder as a counter correction. The acft then veered off the left side of the rwy & went into a plowed field. The nose gear dug into the soft terrain & collapsed & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25788
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280785
- Airframe hours
- 1,188
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Beeline Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1983 · 56 hours before
- Airport
- T56 · Mid Valley, runway 13, 3,000 × 70 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.