- Date
- September 14, 1984, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Laporte, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24865Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840914048469A
- Case key
- 21468
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the ldg flare the acft drifted left and touched down near the edge of the rwy. The plt did not correct the drift and the acft drifted off the left side of the rwy. After colliding with a ditch the acft nosed over coming to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24865
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280422
- Airframe hours
- 2,052
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marger Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1984 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- SPX · League City, TX
- Airport
- T41 · Laporte, runway 12, 3,500 × 75 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.