- Date
- March 17, 1982, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757JKCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820317004279A
- Case key
- 70038
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight. While landing at an en route airport, he encountered a gusty, right quartering, headwind. During touchdown, the plane bounced and the pilot applied power. However, he was unable to prevent the plane from drifting off the side of the runway. He then applied brakes and tried to turn to avoid shrubs and bushes. The nose wheel dug into soft terrain, the plane nosed down, and the left wing contacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757JK
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279775
- Airframe hours
- 383
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerocraft Unlimited
- Registered owner
- Aerocraft Unlimited
- Departed
- X05 · Ocala, FL
- Destination
- Brooksville, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X05 · Pilot County, runway 18, 3,700 × 72 ft, macadam
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 34 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.