- Date
- January 17, 1979
- Place
- Durham, NC · DURHAM, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66944Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790117000999A
- Case key
- 137708
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0134 79/1/17 DURHAM,NC CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1420 N66944 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DURHAM SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DURHAM,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND SHIFTED AFTER PILOT WAS AIRBORNE.PILOT TRIED TO STRETCH LANDING TO REACH SHELTERED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66944
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Durham Skypark
N66944Registration cancelled Nov 7, 2014 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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 N66944 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI85LA273Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAlmont, MIThe student plt stated that during touchdown the acft bounced back into the air. On the second touchdown, the acft swerved to the left and departed the rwy. It then rolled until the left wing struck a small tree, causing substantial damage to that wing. The…NTSB CHI82DA116Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPontiac, MIWhile the student pilot was on his fifth touch and go pattern, the plane veered to the left after touchdown. The left main gear then encountered snow and pulled the aircraft further left into a snowbank. The student claimed that the owners had advised him to…