# Accident 20120521012499A: Cessna 152, Ardmore, OK, May 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2012, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 34.1469° N, 97.1225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1469&lon=-97.1225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6102Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6102Q-2017-12-22) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120521012499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PERFORMED TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA DOWNTOWN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KAHD)HEADING NORTHBOUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT ON TAKE OFF THE AIRSPEED WAS SLOW AND THE ENGINE WAS WORKING HARD TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING THE TAIL BEGAN TO SLOWLY "PORPISE" AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NARROWLY MISSING THE TREE TOPS. AS THE TAIL STARTED TO PORPISE THE AIRSPEED SLOWED AND THE PILOT BANKED AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE EAST TRYING TO TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT SOUTHBOUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING THE AIRSPEED SLOWED AND THE RIGHT WING HIT THE TREE TOPS. THE AIRCRAFT FELL STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE TREES IN A FLAT ATTITUDE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS FALLING THROUGH THE TREES IT HIT THE POWER LINES AND SLID BACKWARDS DOWN THE POWER LINES, LANDING IN A CREEK BED. THE AIRCRAFT FLAPS WERE FULL DOWN AND THE FLAP HANDLE WAS IN THE FULL DOWN, 30 DEGREE POSITION.ALSO, THE PILOT WAS LOST AND HAD GONE TO THE WRONG AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS AT ARDMORE DOWNTOWN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KAHD)IN ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA BUT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT ARDMORE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KADM) IN ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA. PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO RAISE THE FLAPS AFTER TOUCH AND GO LANDING.

## 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 CEN12LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA314), May 21, 2012: Cessna 152 (N6102Q), Ardmore, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper configuration of the airplane flaps during an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadequate climb rate and subsequent collision with trees.

## Other reports on N6102Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20110421007639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110421007639I), Apr 21, 2011: Cessna 152 (N6102Q), Denton, TX, Minor damage. On April 21, 2011, at approximately 1932 central daylight time (CDT), a Cessna, 152, N6102Q, owned and operated by u. s. aviation group LLC, dba U.S. Flight…
- [Accident 20060825018439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060825018439A), Aug 25, 2006: Cessna 152 (N6102Q), Gainesville, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot was on his first solo flight and was attempting his third landing at Gainesville Municipal Airport, Gainesville, Texas. The aircraft's…

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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