- Date
- January 18, 1986, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4977PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860118001269A
- Case key
- 34133
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an aborted takeoff in strong crosswinds, the acft veered off the rwy and into a ditch near the runways edge. The nose gear collapsed rearward and the right wing dropped striking the ground. The plt stated he aborted the takeoff when the acft felt like it wasn't going to fly. Wind conditions were recorded as being from 290 degrees at 14 KTS with gusts to 21 KTS. The plt stated the wind was out of the north and down the rwy when he preflighted the acft, but had changed to the northwest when he began his takeoff roll. No control pblms were acknowledged by the plt at any time during this event.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4977P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284869
- Airframe hours
- 1,709
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Billings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1985 · 198 hours before
- Departed
- 31P · Independence, MO
- Airport
- 31P · Independence, runway 36, 2,570 × 50 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 14 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KCI, 18 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 N4977P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.