ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362222
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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1993 |
| Time: | 11:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Tech Inc. |
| Registration: | N5283P |
| MSN: | 15284906 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8597 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lubbock, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KLBB) |
| (KLBB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 17, WITH A CROSSWIND OF 270 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND IT DRIFTED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER TO THE INVERTED POSITION. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE MOMENTARILY LEFT THE GROUND TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THE AIRPLANE NOSING OVER TO THE INVERTED POSITION. AS THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE GROUND THE SECOND TIME THE PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO STALL SO HE PUSHED FORWARD ON THE CONTROLS AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY CROSSWIND.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW93LA122
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 February 1983 | N5283P | Sandene Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Lubbock, TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 19:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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