# Accident 20000319004719A: Cessna 152, Anchorage, AK, March 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2000, 19:22 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Elmendorf Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2692° N, 149.7908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2692&lon=-149.7908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96082, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96082-2013-08-06) (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 flight hours: 108 total, 108 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000319004719A

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 AT ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA MS. TURNBULL ENCOUNTER TURBULENCE WHICH MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE APPROACH COURSE AND DROPPED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS THE RUNWAY SURFACE. DURING THE GO-AROUND SHE EXPERIENCE SEVERE TURBULENCE WHICH FORCED HER TO USE BOTH HANDS TO THE YOKE.  BECAUSE OF THIS SHE FAILED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, SHE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  MS. TURNBULL RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND HER PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.                           (.4) THE NEWLY CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23, WHICH IS 10,000 FEET LONG, BY 200 FEET WIDE. DURING THE LANDING APPROACH, SHE SAID A GUST OF WIND MOVED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT, AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY. SHE SAID SHE WAS UNABLE TO REALIGN THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY, AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. SHE SAID THE LAST THING SHE REMEMBERS IS HEARING THE STALL WARNING HORN. DURING THE GO-AROUND, THE PASSENGER REPORTED THE STALL WARNING SOUNDED, AND THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED A STALL, AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. POSTACCIDENT INSPECTIO N DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PREIMPACT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER WIND INFORMATION, GIVEN TO THE PILOT WITHIN A MINUTE OF THE ACCIDENT, INDICATED THE WIND WAS FROM 270 DEGREES (MAGNETIC) AT 3 KNOTS, WITH NO GUSTS. CONTROL TOWER RECORDED WIND DATA FROM THE TIME OF ACCIDENT THROUGH THE PRECEDING 10 MINUTES, REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF WIND GUSTS.

## 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 ANC00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA036), Mar 19, 2000: Cessna 152 (N96082), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall during an attempted go-around. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment.

## Other reports on N96082 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920615020259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920615020259A), Jun 15, 1992: Cessna 152 (N96082), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Erratic landing. No clearance. Then fast taxied off airport into street and hit a sign. Appears pilot panicked.
- [Accident 19880303004469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880303004469A), Mar 3, 1988: Cessna 152 (N96082), Chugiak, AK, Substantial damage. On flare. Drifted off centerline. Right gear entered deep snow. Aircraft turned and struck snowbank. Nosed down.

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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