- Date
- April 26, 1987, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5100QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870426011639A
- Case key
- 22355
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A student pilot on a solo flight in the local area, lost control of the aircraft while practicing touch and go landings. Substantial damage occurred when the aircraft slid off the rt side of the rwy into a ditch, causing the aircraft to nose over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5100Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285075
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sarah L. Beykpour
- Registered owner
- Sarah L. Beykpour
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1987
- Departed
- FTW · Meachum Field, TX
- Airport
- Meachum Field, runway 16R, 4,000 × 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
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 76 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.