- Date
- February 26, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mcpherson, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757PFCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820226001059A
- Case key
- 71636
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After returning from a local flight, the student pilot landed on runway 36 with a wind from 070 degrees at 13 knots. He reported that he lost control on the landing roll and departed the left side of the runway. The aircraft ran into muddy terrain and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757PF
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279890
- Airframe hours
- 1,441
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas Merril Hawkinson
- Registered owner
- Dennis E. Fisher
- Departed
- MPR · Mcpherson, KS
- Destination
- MPR · Mcpherson, KS
- Airport
- MPR · Mcpherson, runway 36, 4,200 × 0 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 43 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 N757PF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.