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Cessna 152 N6146Q

16 March 1983 · McAllen, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 March 1983 at about 20:47 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6146Q was involved in an accident near McAllen, Texas, 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.

The record

Date
at 20:47
Classification
Accident
Location
McAllen, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Miller Int'l. (MFE)
Coordinates
26.2109, -98.2309
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N6146Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Brownsville
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW83LA154

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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 PLT LANDED AT AN EN ROUTE AIRPORT AFTER COMPLETING THE SECOND LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLT. HE STATED THAT AFTER LANDING, HE TAXIED TO A HANGER IN ORDER TO REST BEFORE DEPARTURE. WHILE PREPARING TO DEPART, HE TAXIED & STOPPED SHORT OF RUNWAY 31 ON A SOUTHEASTERLY HEADING WHERE HE WAITED FOR A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE. AFTER STOPPING, A TAIL WIND LIFTED THE ACFT UP ONTO ITS NOSE & RIGHT WING TIP, THEN BLEW IT OVER ON ITS BACK. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 280 DEG AT 28 GUSTING 38 KTS. THE 1455 CST WIND AT THE AIRPORT WAS REPORTED FROM 300 DEG AT 23 GUSTING 42 KTS. PERSONNEL, WHERE THE ACFT WAS OPERATED FROM, REPORTED THAT THE SURFACE WINDS WERE APRX 7 KTS AT THE INITIAL DEPARTURE TIME & WERE FORECAST TO REMAIN THE SAME. THEY FURTHER STATED THAT MAX WINDS FOR SOLOING WAS 18 KTS, BUT THE STUDENT ELECTED TO RETURN REGARDLESS OF THE WINDS. THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT BRIEFED ON SPECIFIC WIND LIMITS. HE HAD RECEIVED 40 FLT HRS OVER 17 MOS, WITH APRX 10 HRS AT THIS FBO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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