- Date
- May 2, 1986, 10:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wickenberg, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48600Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860502015569A
- Case key
- 25147
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Cessna 152 veered off the rwy and nosed over while on a VFR solo cross country training flt. The plt indicated that during roll the acft began oscillating up and down for aprx 100 feet of travel down the runway. The acft then veered left off the runway. The plt applied full right rudder and the acft turned right back onto the runway. The nose gear then collapsed and the acft nosed over coming to rest on its back. The plt also stated that the nose wheel tire was flat and that the acft had a history of low air pressure in the nose wheel tire. There was an approximate 5 kt direct crosswind from the left at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48600
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152 80921
- Airframe hours
- 2,750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 SERIES, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Falcon Aircraft Parts & Acces.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 4, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- E25 · Wickenburg, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- E25 · Wickenburg Muni, runway 5, 5,050 × 60 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUF, 35 nm away
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 N48600 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.