# NTSB ATL83LA241: Cessna 152II, N6624L, Kilmarnock, VA, June 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1983, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Kilmarnock, VA
- Coordinates: 37.710617, -76.379867 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7106&lon=-76.3799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6101
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA241
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6101/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA241

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6624L-1986-04-03), registration cancelled 1986-04-03, S/N 15284469 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152II
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284469
- Airframe hours: 1192
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830626026829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830626026829A), Jun 26, 1983: Cessna 152, Kilmarnock, VA, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on short strip. Began a belated go around and struck a pile of lumber off end of runway.

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.

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