- Date
- August 24, 1990, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Goose Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6100QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900824036169A
- Case key
- 5438
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper flare on touchdown.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After a hard landing on a gravel runnway, the student pilot lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane then ground looped to the right. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6100Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285125
- Airframe hours
- 6,646
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Wilbur
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 6, 1990 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Z40 · Goose Bay, runway 25, 3,000 × 75 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 46 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.