- Date
- February 15, 1982, 11:17 local (17:17 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24311Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820215005109A
- Case key
- 70217
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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 pilot was making a touch and go landing. He failed to keep the aircraft on the runway during the takeoff. The plane departed the runway to the left and ran up onto a snowbank. The right side of the aircraft tipped down. The propeller and right wing were substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24311
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152802909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Golden Eagle Air Service
- Registered owner
- Golden Eagle Air Service
- Departed
- Chesterfield, MO
- Destination
- Chesterfield, MO
- Airport
- Spirit Of St. Louis, runway 25, 6,000 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N24311 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.