19971002046829A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A152 · Rockwall, TX · October 2, 1997

Date
October 2, 1997 · 10:00 local
Place
Rockwall, TX
Airport
Rockwall Municipal Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N4957A
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98LA017
Reported as
Cessna A152

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft short on approach landing south. Touched down near displaced threshold and swerved left when pilot attempted go-around. Aircraft remained on ground departing runway at 45 degrees to east crossed grass and taxiway and launched over fence row berm approximately 1,000 feet from threshold and 500 feet from runway centerline, struck barbed wire fence and nosed over beyond fence collapsing nose gear and turning over nose landing on vertical fin upside down. Propeller tips bent outwards indicating power on at impact - engine mount and firewall damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT SHORT ON APPROACH LANDING SOUTH. TOUCHED DOWN NEAR DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND SWERVED LEFT WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON GROUND DEPARTING RUNWAY AT 45 DEGREES TO EAST CROSSED GRASS AND TAXIWAY AND LAUNCHED OVER FENCE ROW BERM APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET FROM THRESHOLD AND 500 FEET FROM RUNWAY CENTERLINE, STRUCK BARBED WIRE FENCE AND NOSED OVER BEYOND FENCE COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR AND TURNING OVER NOSE LANDING ON VERTICAL FIN UPSIDE DOWN. PROPELLER TIPS BENT OUTWARDS INDICATING POWER ON AT IMPACT - ENGINE MOUNT AND FIREWALL DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N4957A · 3

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