- Date
- March 4, 1985, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48244Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850304008439A
- Case key
- 31362
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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 plt stated that during a landing at Daytona Beach, the acft encountered wind shear, he lost directional control & the acft veered off the left side of the rwy into the grass. During the occurrence, the prop struck the ground & the right wing tip was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48244
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283310
- Airframe hours
- 2,932
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Rocque
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Destination
- DAB
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach, runway 6, 3,197 × 100 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 164 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB, 65 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.