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Cessna 152 N6325Q

24 February 1996 · Jacksonville, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 February 1996 at about 20:25 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6325Q was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:25
Classification
Accident
Location
Jacksonville, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport
Jacksonville Municipal (IJX)
Coordinates
39.7192, -90.2300
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N6325Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
St Charles → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI96LA098

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. A factor relating to the accident was: the crosswind condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was on his first solo cross-country flight when the accident occurred. A landing was being made on runway 31 with local winds from 210 to 240 degrees at 10 to 15 knots. According to the pilot, the airplane touched down in a crab angle and traveled off the side of the runway where it nosed over in the grass.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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