- Date
- May 19, 1983, 11:34 local (18:34 UTC)
- Place
- Torrance, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48768Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830519057359A
- Case key
- 23718
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy during an instructional supervised solo flt. The plt started with dual instruction to include touch and go landings. When the tower was advised by the CFI of his intentions to solo his student the tower replied with a precautionary anvisory that an abnormal wind situation existed at the arpt. The CFI soloed his student inspite of this advisory. The pattern flown by the student was normal through touchdown. Just after touchdown the acft veered to the right'. The rudder produced no change so the student applied full power. Gaining minimal alt the student reported that the tail first contacted the ground followed by the nose with the acft finally nosing over. There was confusion in the towers clearance for the student landing which went from 'cleared for touch and go' to 'possibility of a go-around' to 'make this a full stop until advised' to 'cleared for touch and go'. The various wind indicators on the field varied in direction from north to east, south and west. The velocities varied from 5 to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48768
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283371
- Airframe hours
- 1,877
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Southwest Skyways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983 · 77 hours before
- Airport
- TOA · Torrance Municipal, runway 29R, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.