Cessna 152 N6145Q

Summary

On 18 June 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6145Q, operated by Crookston Aviation, was involved in an accident near Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 June 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Grand Forks International (GFK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N6145Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Crookston Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Forks → Grand Forks

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA109

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON HIS THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT WITH A LEFT QUARTERING WIND AT 10 KTS. UPON LANDING, THE STUDENT BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, TRAVELED ABOUT 600 FT, AND HIT A DIRT RAMP. AFTER HITTING THE RAMP, THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER WERE BENT BACKWARD, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, AND THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE HAD HIT A RABBIT. HOWEVER, AN INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A DEAD RABBIT AND NO OTHER SIGNS OF HITTING A RABBIT WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.