- Date
- March 30, 1982, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757QCCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820330006759A
- Case key
- 72424
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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
While the student was on a local flight, the wind shifted from 240 degrees (down the runway) to 180 degrees. After returning, the student entered the traffic pattern for landing on runway 24. The downwind leg was extended to accommodate departing traffic. When on a short final approach, the aircraft began drifting right, while the student was correcting his alignment. The aircraft contacted the runway hard, bounced, then departed the runway. Subsequently, it struck a runway light and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757QC
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152729911
- Airframe hours
- 1,370
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Suffolk Co Police Pilots Assoc
- Registered owner
- Suffolk Co Police Pilots Assoc
- Departed
- Ronkonkoma, NY
- Destination
- Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport
- Maccarthur, runway 24, 5,999 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 122 °F
- Observed at
- ISP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.