- Date
- February 24, 1986, 11:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67888Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860224005149A
- Case key
- 22111
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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 acft went off the rwy and nosed over in the rough sand. The plt said that she looked into the cockpit to locate the flap switch to raise the flaps for a running takeoff. Power had already been added and the acft started to the left by the time the plt looked up again. Corrective action attempted was not effective and the use of power to go over a ditch and up a sandy mound ended in a nose over at the base of the elevation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67888
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282077
- Airframe hours
- 4,269
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Maountainair Flight School
- Registered owner
- Goldern Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1985 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Airport
- ELP · El Paso International, runway 8L, 5,493 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.