# NTSB ATL88LA133: Cessna 152, N49409, Macon, GA, April 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 7, 1988, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Macon, GA
- Coordinates: 32.799552, -83.690193 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7996&lon=-83.6902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA133

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance - exceeded (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE WHEN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING AND THE ACFT OVERTURNED. THE SURFACE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 16 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 27 KNOTS. THE PLT STATED THAT PROPER FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS WERE USED FOR TAXIING IN WINDY CONDITIONS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49409](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49409-1991-04-24), registration cancelled 1991-04-24, S/N 15281244 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152-81244
- Airframe hours: 1187
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Southeastern Flight Academy
- Registered owner: David E. Owens
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 16, 1988, 1 hours before
- Departed: MAC, MACON, GA
- Airport: MAC, Macon-Herbert Smart Dwntn, runway 32, 4,430 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 280 total, 185 in this make and model, 167 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 16 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCN, 7 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 19880407008129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880407008129A), Apr 7, 1988: Cessna 152, Macon, GA, Substantial damage. Blown over on its back by gusty surface winds while turning onto runup pad. Wind exceed pilots ability for control.

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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