# Accident 20060524010059A: Cessna 152, Buckeye, AZ, May 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2006, 07:30 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4231° N, 112.6881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4231&lon=-112.6881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6136B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 12 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060524010059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA 152 N6136B WITH TWO (2) PERSONS ON BOARD WAS CONDUCTING PROFICIENCY LANDINGS AT BUCKEYE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BXK), BUCKEYE, ARIZONA. ON THE FIFTH (5) LANDING (FIRST WHEEL LANDING OF THE DAY, PREVIOUS LANDINGS HAD BEEN FULL STALL LANDINGS) THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. WIND WAS CALM AS PER PILOT AND PASSENGER. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF PROPELLER, RIGHT MAIN GEAR BOX, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG, RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT WING HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO RIBS FROM THE TIP OF THE WING TO THE FUSELAGE ATTACH POINTS, RIGHT WING HAS WRINKLES ON TOP AND BOTTOM SKIN PANELS, RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG BROKE INTO TWO (2) PIECES; NO INDICATION OF PREVIOUS DAMAGE ON GEAR LEG. RIGHT AILERON IS JAMMED AND WILL NOT MOVE. AIRCRAFT HAD TEXAS TAILWHEEL CONVERSION. PILOT HAD RECEIVED 5.9 HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION AND HAD THE 14 CFR 61.31 (I)(L) TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT. PILOT HAD OBTAINED AN ADDITIONAL 6.1 PIC TIME IN THIS AIRCRAFT. NO ADDITIONAL CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## 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 LAX06CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA181), May 24, 2006: Cessna 152 (N6136B), Buckeye, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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