- Date
- July 15, 1985, 12:34 local (17:34 UTC)
- Place
- Harrison, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N68777Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850715031299A
- Case key
- 33986
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After an en route stop, on a x-country flt, the student plt was taxiing to takeoff again. While proceeding northbound with a left x-wind, the plt applied braking action to slow the acft for a turn. At about that time, the acft veered to the right, went down an embankment & into a ditch, then nosed over. The plt reported that the brakes & rudder were ineffective in the x-wnd. A witness said that he felt the plt was taxiing too fast. No pre-acdnt part failure or malfunction was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68777
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282371
- Airframe hours
- 4,631
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hall Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nicks Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1985
- Destination
- HBZ · Heber Springs, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HRO · Boone County
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.