# Accident 19890326004559A: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, March 26, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1989, 18:13 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45940, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45940-1989-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890326004559A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED LANDING, LOST CONTROL, LEFT THE RUNWAY, STRUCK CULVERT AND TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA071), Mar 27, 1989: Cessna 152 (N45940), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE.CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE CFI, WHO AUTHORIZED…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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