N757XG

On February 16, 2000, at 1620 mountain standard time, a Cessna 152, N757XG, registered to and operated by Lynch Flying Service as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, nosed over next to the runway at Billings, Montana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.

In a written statement, the student pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings. The pilot stated that he touched down on runway 28L, then applied power to take off again when the airplane veered abruptly to the left. The pilot closed the throttle and the airplane traveled off the side of the runway into the snow. The pilot tried to maneuver the airplane to parallel the runway and eventually back onto the runway, when the airplane slid to the left and tipped over onto the left wing and subsequently nosed over.

The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.

The Billings surface weather observation at 1556, reported the wind from 20 degrees at three knots. The runway condition was dry.