- Date
- June 2, 1985, 16:34 local (21:34 UTC)
- Place
- Olive Branch, MS
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N49995Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850602021969A
- Case key
- 6805
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was returning to arpt with known low fuel state. The planned landing was to be on rwy 18 but while approaching the arpt, the eng missed. The plt elected to land on rwy 36 with a tailwind and conflicting traffic. The conflicting traffic cleared the rwy and the acft was forced onto the rwy and a porpoising action resulted. The left wheel broke away and the acft came to a stop just off the north end on rwy 36.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49995
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281433
- Airframe hours
- 22,877
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Metro Flying School
- Registered owner
- James D. Moody
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- OLV · Olive Branch, runway 36, 4,000 × 100 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 50 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 10 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.