- Date
- March 24, 1985, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Perkasie, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5234GCessna L-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850324009269A
- Case key
- 35849
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Analysis
Cessna L-19,a practice flight of takeoffs and landings for glider tow operation for philidelphia glider council encounter a wind shift on landing. The student pilot over corrected and the aircraft ground looped. The instuctor pilot at this time took control of the aircraft and applied full right rudder along with hard braking which stopped the ground loop. The aircraft came to rest 20 degrees to the left of centerline. The airplane flipped forward when the right gear contacted the runway and right braking was applied and the gear separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5234G
- Reported as
- Cessna L-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22404
- Airframe hours
- 22,404
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Philadelphia Glider Council
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- N70 · Pennridge, runway 26, 4,000 × 60 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,825 total · 260 in this make and model · 2,575 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
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 N5234G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.