- Date
- April 1, 1984, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hopedale, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46837Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840401008239A
- Case key
- 35527
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Remedial action - inadequateCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Nose over
Analysis
During the sixth landing on the dual instructional flt, the acft veered to the left. The instructor took over the controls and applied right rudder but the acft contacted a snow bank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46837
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283117
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- D. G. Flying Academy
- Registered owner
- Patsy Giarrizzo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 10, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- 1B6 · Hopedale-Draper, runway 36, 3,193 × 100 ft, asphalt
N46837Registration cancelled Feb 17, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 368 total · 362 in this make and model · 167 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.