- Date
- January 26, 1982, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Essex, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89772Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820126003689A
- Case key
- 70619
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student departed on a solo, cross-country flight. A comfort stop was made at an enroute airport during the first leg of the flight. The flight was then continued to the first pre-planned destination. After taking off on the second leg, the student became lost and landed at the first airport that she saw. After landing, she learned that she had gone 60 miles in the opposite direction. The student then departed on a flight back to her home base. Enroute she became disoriented. With night approaching, she elected to land in a field. During the landing roll at dusk, the aircraft rolled into an adjacent dark colored field. The aircraft encountered furrows in the dark colored field and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89772
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282861
- Airframe hours
- 1,823
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hal Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hal Aviation
- Departed
- Mt Vernon, IL
- Destination
- Kennett, MO
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Observed at
- CGI, 28 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.