- Date
- September 29, 1984, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65457Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840929052499A
- Case key
- 31201
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt was making a go-around because of a wind gust and said he added 'some power' and retracted the flaps butthe acft continued to drift left until it collided with the trees to the left of the rwy at about midfield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65457
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281563
- Airframe hours
- 2,756
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- La Belle Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1984 · 77 hours before
- Airport
- X14 · La Belle Municipal, runway 32, 3,800 × 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10 total · 10 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 25 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.