# Accident 19980629015289A: Cessna 152, Columbia, SC, June 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1998, 17:45 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Owens Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9901° N, 80.9997° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9901&lon=-80.9997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6363B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6363B-2000-03-30) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 80 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980629015289A

## Narrative

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

TOO HIGH. BEGAN GO AROUND NOSE HIGH FULL FLAPS. SLOW AND LOW HIT POWER LINE AND STRUCK WAREHOUSE ROOF. (.4)ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31, THE PILOT SAID, HE CAME IN "TOO HIGH", AND DROPPED 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS TO "LOSE ALTITUDE."  HE WAS NOT "MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL: AS WELL AS HE WOULD HAVE LIKED, SO HE BEGAN "ANOTHER GO-AROUND."  HE ADDED FULL POWER, PUSHED IN THE CARBURETOR HEAT AND WAITED FOR THE AIRSPEED TO BUILD UP BEFORE RETRACTING THE FLAPS.  HE SAID THE AIRSPEED DID NOT "BUILD UP."  AS THE AIRPLANE REACHED THE END OF THE 4,999-FOOT RUNWAY, TI CLEARED A FENCE, AND THE PILOT SAID HE THEN "SAW A POWER LINE DEAD AHEAD."  HE "PULLED UP" TO CLEAR THE POWER LINES.  THE LANDING GEAR CAUGHT THE POWER LINE, AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE POLE.  THE AIRPLANE "SPUN AROUND" AND NOSED INTO THE TOP OF A BUILDING WHERE IT CAME TO REST.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN BY WITNESSES AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN IT STRUCK THE POWER LINE AND IMPACTED THE BUILDING.  NOBODY ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED.  NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND WITH EITHER THE AIRFRAME OR THE ENGINE.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT HAD A TOTAL OF 81 FLIGHT HOURS, WITH 79.6 FLIGHT HOURS IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE. (-23) DURING HIS LANDING APPROACH THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB BECAUSE THE PILOT FAILED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. AFTER OVER FLYING THE 4999 FT RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LIGHT POLE AND A CABLE. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED ON THE ROOF OF A WAREHOUSE.

## 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 MIA98LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA191), Jun 29, 1998: Cessna 152 (N6363B), Columbia, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in initiating a go-around, which resulted in an inflight collision with power lines.

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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