- Date
- June 26, 1983, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kilmarnock, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6624LCessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830626026829A
- Case key
- 6101
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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
The pilot decided to make a practice landing enroute. The arpt had a wet grass rwy and when the acft skidded during landing the pilot initiated a go-around. He had forgotten the proper positioning of the flaps during the landing approach until reminded by the passenger. The flap position selected for the go-around is unknown. The acft failed to attain flying speed and bounced off of the canal bank before crashing into a pile of lumber. The passenger indicated that the landing was downwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6624L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284469
- Airframe hours
- 1,192
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Young
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 29, 1982
- Departed
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Destination
- W75 · Saluda, VA
- Airport
- 7W9 · Kilmarnock, runway 36, 2,000 × 70 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 702 total · 480 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF, 34 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.