- Date
- February 21, 1982, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tipton, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64998Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820221004719A
- Case key
- 72820
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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 said that he was on the takeoff roll when the aircraft veered left and collided with a snowbank beside the runway. He reported that the runway was clear and dry, and the wind was not a factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64998
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281523
- Airframe hours
- 1,577
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tipton Flight School
- Registered owner
- Green Castle Aviation Inc,
- Departed
- 8C4 · Tipton, IA
- Destination
- 8C4 · Tipton, IA
- Airport
- 8C4 · Mathews Memorial, runway 29, 3,000 × 60 ft, concrete
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 54 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 106 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 26 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.
Other investigations on N64998 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.