- Date
- May 15, 1985, 20:00 local (May 16, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jekyll Island, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6418QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850515020319A
- Case key
- 31403
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Touch-and-go - initiated
Rudder - improper use ofCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Lack of total experience
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The student plt was on her 1st supervised solo. During a touch-&-go landing, the acft veered off the left side of the rwy & subsequently hit a culvert. The student said that after she landed, she applied too much left rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6418Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285247
- Airframe hours
- 2,082
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shields Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 11, 1984 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- 09J · Jekyll Island, GA
- Airport
- 09J · Jekyll Island, runway 17, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 37 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.