Accident Cessna 152 N25225, Friday 8 January 1982

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Date:	Friday 8 January 1982
Time:	13:10 LT
Type:	Cessna 152
Owner/operator:	James E Young
Registration:	N25225
MSN:	15282862
Year of manufacture:	1978
Total airframe hrs:	2503 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-235-L2C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Grantiteville, SC - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Chester, SC
Destination airport:	Aiken, SC
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE AIRPORT AT HIS INTENDED DESTINATION. HE SAW ANOTHER AIRPORT AND ELECTED TO LAND. A NO-FLAP APPROACH WAS MADE TO RWY 24 WITH A NORTH WIND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 500 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END AND THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. IT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN A FEW FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, SKIDDED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED OVER.

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