- Date
- June 15, 1986, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mineola, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25512Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860615025399A
- Case key
- 22040
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings when he lost control of the acft on landing. He stated he lost directional control due to windy conditions. However, winds in the area were reported to be calm. The aircraft veered off the runway damaging the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25512
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280706
- Airframe hours
- 425
- Engine
- Continental O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe E. Holmes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- 3F9 · Mineola, runway 17, 3,200 × 40 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYL, 38 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.
Other investigations on N25512 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.