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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Mobile, AL · March 23, 1998

Date: March 23, 1998 · 09:00 local
Place: Mobile, AL
Airport: Bates Field
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N24543
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA98LA107
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 378 total190 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

N24543Registration cancelled Nov 8, 2003 · Cessna 152S/N 15280322 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

Narrative: an instructional flight occurred in the Mobile, Alabama area. A simulated emergency landing was conducted at the dauphin island airport and at 500 feet the flight instructor asked the student to discontinue the approach and climb. The flight instructor answered a radio call from Mobile approach when the student initiated a climb. The flight instructor felt an abrupt left rudder input and simultaneous abrupt aft yoke pressure and the aircraft instantaneously entered a left spin. The flight instructor said my plane and recovered from the spin. The aircraft was pulling out of a dive when the wheels hit the water and flipped over. Both student and instructor spent over two hours in the water before being rescued.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT OCCURRED IN THE MOBILE, ALABAMA AREA. A SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING WAS CONDUCTED AT THE DAUPHIN ISLAND AIRPORT AND AT 500 FEET THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASKED THE STUDENT TO DISCONTINUE THE APPROACH AND CLIMB. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ANSWERED A RADIO CALL FROM MOBILE APPROACH WHEN THE STUDENT INITIATED A CLIMB. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FELT AN ABRUPT LEFT RUDDER INPUT AND SIMULTANEOUS ABRUPT AFT YOKE PRESSURE AND THE AIRCRAFT INSTANTANEOUSLY ENTERED A LEFT SPIN. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID MY PLANE AND RECOVERED FROM THE SPIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLING OUT OF A DIVE WHEN THE WHEELS HIT THE WATER AND FLIPPED OVER. BOTH STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR SPENT OVER TWO HOURS IN THE WATER BEFORE BEING RESCUED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB MIA98LA107Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDauphin Island, ALFailure of the pilot-in-command (CFI) to maintain directional control of the airplane following an intentional low altitude maneuver by the student. Also, altitude inadequate for recovery from the in-flight loss of control.Mar 23, 1998 · Substantial damage