- Date
- February 24, 1986, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Nashua, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N303DWCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860224003679A
- Case key
- 30302
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was performing touch and go landings at boire field when he applied power to takeoff, he was distracted by the flap control setting. During this distraction the aircraft drifted to the left. Full right rudder was used in an attempt to correct, however the plane departed the runway to the left in a skid. Damaged left and right wingtips, rear spar of left and right wing, propeller and spinner, door frame, right rear window, and skin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303DW
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152285458
- Airframe hours
- 1,932
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Davidson Flight Service,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- ASH · Boire Field, runway 32, 5,500 × 100 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 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.