- Date
- November 8, 1984, 18:00 local (Nov 9, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Denver City, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64975Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841108061479A
- Case key
- 21626
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt cited gust on landing caused acft to drift to right, plt visual acuteness reduced by landing into setting sun. Corrective control input of left aileron was excessive, causing left wing to drop to ground contact. Acft pivoted about left wing tip and came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64975
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281507
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Willie C. Easter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- Two-Legs, runway 27, 3,600 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 114 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 225° at 18 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.