Cessna 152 N5280Q

Summary

On 15 April 1987 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5280Q, operated by Double Eagle Aviation, was involved in an accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, 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

15 April 1987 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Coronado (4AC)

Coordinates

35.1393, -106.4898

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N5280Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Double Eagle Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA098

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 PLT WAS PRACTICING UNSUPERVISED SOLO FLT IN GUSTY CROSS WINDS. HE BECAME DISTRACTED ON TAKEOFF AND FAILED TO CORRECT FOR A LEFT DRIFT. AT THIS POINT HE HAD TAKEN OUT ALL AILERON CORRECTION AND WHEN THE LEFT WING CAME UP, HE ALSO ADDED LEFT RUDDER. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF BY FORWARD PRESSURE ON THE CONTROL YOKE. THROTTLE WAS NOT REDUCED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RWY SEVERAL TIMES. THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RWY TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A RWY LIGHT. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE FROM A SMALL RISE AND FLEW INTO THE CORNER OF A HANGAR, CAUSING PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE HANGAR WALL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER REBOUNDING FROM THE HANGAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.