- Date
- May 4, 1989, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47316Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890504010769A
- Case key
- 8025
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Probable cause
Pilot in command failed to maintain directional control of the aircraft while landing in a gusty crosswind. The crosswind component exceeded the published demonstrated crosswind capability of the airplane.
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 had been flying in the local area for about 40 minutes and had planned to make a 'few takeoffs and landings' for practice. He had made one dual and two solo flights since the first of the year prior to this flight. He made an approach to runway 27 with the wind from 180 at 12 knots gusting to 16. After touchdown, the airplane veered to the left and ran off the runway. The nose gear collided with a ditch and the airplane nosed over. The crosswind component exceeded the published demonstrated crosswind capability of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47316
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283213
- Airframe hours
- 1,565
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Chinn
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1989 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- 29G · Portage County, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 129 total · 47 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N47316 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.