# Accident 19960123010949A: Cessna 152, Greenville, SC, January 23, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1996, 08:49 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Greenville Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8296° N, 82.3702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8296&lon=-82.3702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65465, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65465-2004-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960123010949A

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED ON FLARE LANDING IN STRONG ABOVE SURFACE TAILWIND. BEGAN GO AROUND SETTLED YAWED. IMPACT ON WIND AND NOSE

## 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 ATL96LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA039), Jan 23, 1996: Cessna 152 (N65465), Greenville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the student pilot to maintain airspeed while raising the flaps during the go-around.

## Other reports on N65465 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790912022709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790912022709A), Sep 12, 1979: Cessna 152 (N65465), Oxford, IA, Substantial damage. Student bounced on landing. Acft ballooned, attempted go-around. Dumped flaps. Acft hit off runway. Flipped.

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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