- Date
- October 3, 1986, 13:23 local (20:23 UTC)
- Place
- Torrance, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24285Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861003047629A
- Case key
- 25443
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Analysis
A Cessna 152 went out of control during takeoff ground run and then collided with a dirt bank and nosed over. The student plt indicated that he was practicing touch and go landings when the accident occurred. He had just applied takeoff power after landing and the acft began to veer to the left. The acft departed the rwy and struck a dirt bank approximately 50 ft from the rwy edge. The acft then nosed over in a freshly plowed field adjacent to the rwy. The student plt also indicated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions prior to the accident. Exam of the area in which the acft departed the rwy reveal a deeply worn dirt road parallel to the rwy within the limits of the runway safety area. According to advisory circular (ac) 150-5300-4B, the runway safety area should be graded and accommodate the occasional passage of acft without causing major damage to the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24285
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280194
- Airframe hours
- 3,398
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Benbow Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1986 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Airport
- TOA · Torrance, runway 11L, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.
Other investigations on N24285 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.