Cessna 152 N68182

Summary

On 22 May 2000 at about 18:50 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N68182 was involved in an accident near Goshen, Indiana, 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.

Date

22 May 2000 at 18:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Goshen, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH)

Coordinates

41.5701, -85.8299

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N68182

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI00LA140

Nobody was injured.

the failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control on the takeoff roll. Factors to the accident were the lack of experience of the student pilot and the improper use of the throttle.

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

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During a first solo flight, the student pilot lost directional control of the aircraft, hit a runway light, and nosed over during an attempted touch and go. The student pilot described the accident as, 'I put in full power then wind started to blow from the right and I started to move to the left because of wind and p factor. I stomped on right rudder to correct for the problem and the plane started to skip so I let go and then it turned left in to grass. It was fine until I hit a ramp in the grass and launched the plane up, but it did not have enough airspeed to take off, so the plane went down and hit on the nose and flipped it. I should have pulled power but I panicked.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.