- Date
- February 17, 1987, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albion, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757DDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870217005519A
- Case key
- 30606
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot in a Cessna 152 was making a supervised solo and had completed 4 full stop landing without problem when on the fifth landing, the pilot lost control on the ground and hit a snow bank, flipping over. The pilot reported turbulent wind just as she touched down and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft received substantial damage and the pilot was uninjured. There was no report of wind gusts or turbulence except by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757DD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-79649
- Airframe hours
- 3,445
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barre Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 9G6 · Pine Hill, runway 10, 2,675 × 36 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- 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.