- Date
- May 21, 1987, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mckinney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5215PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870521017589A
- Case key
- 22368
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
The student plt rprtd that drg a lndg, the wind shifted from a headwind to a left crosswind. Subsequently, the acft veered off the left side of the rwy & enctrd soft mud, then the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5215P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284895
- Airframe hours
- 2,368
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dobransky Enterprises,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dorbransky Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 27, 1987 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- TKI
- Airport
- TKI · Mckinney, runway 17, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.