- Date
- June 15, 1992, 16:33 local (Jun 16, 1992, 00:33 UTC)
- Place
- Elmendorf Afb, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N96082Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920615020259A
- Case key
- 5743
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors contributing to the accident were his psychological condition.
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 an erratic visual approach and landing, without a clearance, the student pilot taxied clear of the runway and stopped. He was given a taxi clearance to parking, and instructed to contact the tower by telephone. After several minutes the airplane suddenly turned and began a fast taxi across the grassy median and down a street, hit a street sign, and stopped with the nose gear partially collapsed against a curb. The pilot sat staring ahead in a dazed state, with the engine running at a high RPM. Ground witnesses turned the engine off and helped the pilot out. The pilot said he had only eaten one meal per day for the preceding 5 days; and had only slept 12 to 15 hours during the preceding 3 days. Medical tests and evaluation found no medical problems with the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96082
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15286004
- Airframe hours
- 4,405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elmendorf Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- U. S. Air Force
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 28, 1992 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Destination
- 0 · 0
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EDF · Elmendorf Air Force Base, runway 5, 10,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EDF, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N96082 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.