# Accident 19990605006499A: Cessna 152, Chapel Hill, NC, June 5, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1999, 12:48 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace Williams Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9197° N, 79.0401° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9197&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68762, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68762-2015-05-15) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990605006499A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON GO AROUND WHEN THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED INTO TREES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .19) ON JUNE 5, 1999, ABOUT 1300 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N68762, REGISTERED TO CHAPEL HILL FLYING CLUB, CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND AT HORACE WILLIAMS AIRPORT, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESROYED AND THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CHAPEL HILL, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 11:30.  A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT STATED THAT AS HE AND HIS STUDENT ENTERED RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 27 AT HORACE WILLIAMS AIRPORT, THEY OBSERVED N68762 ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, STILL AT A HIGH ALTITUDE.  A FEW MOMENTS LATER HE OBSERVED N68762 OVER THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY, ON THE EDGE OF A STALL.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN YAWED SHARPLY LEFT AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE TREES IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, NEAR VERTICLE ATTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED TO AN FAA INSPECTOR AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.  A  FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN ANOTHER AIRPLANE SAW THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE APPROACH THE RUNWAY AT A HIGH ALTITUDE. THE NEXT TIME HE SAW IT, IT WAS OVER TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, MOVING VERY SLOWLY, ON THE EDGE OF A STALL. THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE THEN YAWED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, AND ENTERED A NOSE DOWN, NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT, DISAPPEARING INTO THE TREES. POSTCRASH TOXICOLOGY TESTS WERE POSITIVE FOR .247 UG/ML MARIJUANA IN URINE AND .027 UG/ML MARIJUANA IN SERUM. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE'S STRUCTURE, FLIGHT CONTROLS, AND ENGINE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF PRECRASH FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## 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 MIA99LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA163), Jun 5, 1999: Cessna 152 (N68762), Chapel Hill, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in the airplane stalling and entering a spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment by marijuana.

## Other reports on N68762 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920625024779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920625024779I), Jun 25, 1992: Cessna 152 (N68762), Roxboro, NC, Minor damage. Engine lost power. Forced landing in a field short of airport. Possible lack of fuel caused loss of power.

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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