# Accident 20190315001409A: Cessna 152, Madras, OR, March 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Madras, OR
- Airport: Madras Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6703° N, 121.1553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6703&lon=-121.1553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64895, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64895-2019-09-24) (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: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190315001409A

## Narrative

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

DUAL INSTRUCTION FLIGHT FROM REDMOND, OR TO MADRAS MUNICIPAL (S33). STUDENT SOLO AT MADRAS ON LANDING STUDENT BOUNCED AND EXERCISED TRAINERS "BOUNCE AND GO" PROCEDURE. STUDENT LOST CONTROL BY DRIFTING TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED SNOW BANK ON EDGE OF RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER FORWARD ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER.

## 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 GAA19CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA169), Mar 15, 2019: Cessna 152 (N64895), Madras, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing, which resulted in a collision with a snow berm and a subsequent nose-over.

## Other reports on N64895 (3)

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

- [Incident 20071127826189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071127826189I), Nov 27, 2007: Cessna 152 (N64895), Portland, OR, Minor damage. (-23) During the student pilot's third landing of his first solo flight the aircraft touched down on the main wheels, bounced into the air and landed again on…
- [Accident 19900222007879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900222007879A), Feb 22, 1990: Cessna 152 (N64895), Yamhill, OR, Substantial damage. Landed in twelve inches of wet snow on an unplowed runway. Slid off runway into a tree.
- [Incident 19790526027819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526027819I), May 26, 1979: Cessna 152 (N64895), Hillsboro, OR. Forced landing after engine quit, suspect fuel starvation.

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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