- Date
- May 13, 1985, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Atwater, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N25523Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850513071419A
- Case key
- 24724
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On the student plt's third supervised solo flt he landed the acft. After touchdown he applied pwr to make a touch & go, & then raised the flaps. The acft veered left, rolled off the rwy, collided with a small dirt mound & nosed over. The student had 18.2 total flt hrs including o.9 hrs as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25523
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280714
- Airframe hours
- 2,862
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L23, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Valley Skyways
- Registered owner
- David C. Pulsipher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 7, 1984 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- 001 · Atwater, CA
- Destination
- 001 · Atwater, CA
- Airport
- 001 · Atwater Muni, runway 30, 2,450 × 50 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.