- Date
- May 15, 1984, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- No.Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757KDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840515017889A
- Case key
- 33681
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a rwy light and nosed over during landing in a x-wind. The wind was reported to the student as from 040 degrees at 9 KTS at takeoff and 070 degrees at 11 KTS when she returned to land. These winds converted to a 90 degree x-wind of 6.5 KTS for takeoff and 10.8 KTS for landing on rwy 35. The student plts CFI had instructed her not to fly when the x-wind was over 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757KD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279793
- Airframe hours
- 3,332
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North Little Rock Aviaton, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1984 · 65 hours before
- Airport
- 1M1 · North Little Rock Nunic., runway 35, 3,000 × 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 8 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.