# Accident 19980323011319A: Cessna 152, Mobile, AL, March 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5006° N, 88.2305° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5006&lon=-88.2305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24543, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24543-2003-11-08) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 378 total, 190 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980323011319A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 MIA98LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA107), Mar 23, 1998: Cessna 152 (N24543), Dauphin Island, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure 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…

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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