DYERSBURG, TN, USA
N95617
CESSNA 152
A PRIVATE PLT (18 YEAR OLD STUDENT, FLYING A UNIVERSITY ACFT) WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. DRG THE FLT, HE NOTED A TINGLING FEELING THAT BEGAN IN HIS FINGERTIPS. AT FIRST, HE WAS NOT CONCERNED, SINCE HE THOUGHT IT WAS CAUSED BY HOLDING THE CONTROLS TOO TIGHTLY. AS TIME PASSED, THE TINGLING SPREAD UP HIS ARMS & A SIMILAR SENSATION WAS NOTED IN HIS LEGS. THE TINGLING TURNED TO NUMBNESS & EVENTUALLY AFFECTED HIS FACE & SPEECH. HE ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING; HOWEVER, THE FIELD THAT HE SELECTED WAS SOFTER THAN HE EXPECTED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE WHEELS ENTERED THE SOFT DIRT & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS FAILED TO REVEAL ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PLT.
PILOT'S TEMPORARY PHYSICAL CONDITION (POSSIBLE HYPERVENTILATION OR ANXIETY ATTACK). SOFT TERRAIN IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A RELATED FACTOR.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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