Plane Crash List

Cessna A 152 N47281

19 August 1983 · Lynchburg, Virginia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 August 1983 at about 13:16 local time, a Cessna A 152 registered N47281 was involved in an accident near Lynchburg, Virginia, 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 13:16
Classification
Accident
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport
Falwell (W24)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna A 152
Registration
N47281
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Lynchburg → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ATL83LA329

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 ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH DURING TAKEOFF. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING ONE RUNNING TAKEOFF AFTER FULL POWER WAS APPLIED THE PLT NOTICED THAT FULL FLAPS WERE STILL EXTENDED. WHILE RETRACTING THE FLAPS THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RWY. THE POWER WAS REDUCED AND BRAKES APPLIED BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED ON INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE TAKEOFF WAS ON RWY 10. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS BEING FROM 360 DEGREES AT6 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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