- Date
- December 6, 1982, 10:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N757WDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821206062699A
- Case key
- 72088
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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
On the second short field takeoff the student pilot allowed the aircraft to liftoff at too slow an airspeed. The right wing dropped and the aircraft impacted the ground beside the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757WD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280054
- Airframe hours
- 1,319
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Midwest Aire
- Registered owner
- Robert Lynn
- Departed
- OJC · Olathe, KS
- Destination
- OJC · Olathe, KS
- Airport
- OJC · Johnson County Executive, runway 17, 4,100 × 75 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 190 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.