# Accident 20241109022159A: Cessna 152, Bridgeport, TX, November 9, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2024, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0000° N, 97.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0000&lon=-97.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49785, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49785) (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: 83 total, 83 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241109022159A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STATES HE WAS HIGH ON BASE, INCREASED RATE OF DESCENT TO @ 1000FPM TO CORRECT. RESTABILIZED ON FINAL. DECIDED TO GO AROUND TOO LATE. APPLIED FULL POWER BUT DIDNOT CORRECT LEFT TURNING TENDENCY. DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. STRUCK THE WINDSOCK AND POLE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IT'S NOSE IN A BURM @ 200 FT FROM THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN25LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA036), Nov 9, 2024: Cessna 152 (N49785), Bridgeport, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot’s delayed go-around from an unstabilized approach and failure to attain/maintain control during the go-around that resulted in an impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N49785 (2)

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

- [Accident 20140705011429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140705011429A), Jul 5, 2014: Cessna 152 (N49785), Denton, TX, Substantial damage. N49785 a Cessna 152 was on a routine training flight with two us certificated pilots. The aircraft was dispatched from kdto to krph were it conducted several…
- [Accident 19811005068149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811005068149A), Oct 5, 1981: Cessna 152 (N49785), Mcgregor, TX, Substantial damage. Solo student lot directional control of airplane on landing roll.

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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