- Date
- March 29, 1986, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsfield, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N49107Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860329008139A
- Case key
- 30315
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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
The Cessna 152 was making a touch and go. The student pilot reported the landing was good and when he applied power, the aircraft veered left off the runway, struck a ditch and flipped over. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft received substantial damage. The student pilot stated that when power was applied he did not retract the flaps and the aircraft started weaving. He then applied to much rudder to correct the weaving and increased the problem.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49107
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283420
- Airframe hours
- 2,620
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Zuber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 15, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PSF · Pittsfield, runway 26, 5,000 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.