- Date
- January 3, 1990, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Whiteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94187Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900103000079A
- Case key
- 8194
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed through the landing flare to avoid a loss of directional control. Contributing to the accident was his failure to anticipate control inputs required by increased thrust during the go around.
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
A student pilot had completed his solo air work & was attempting to return to his home airfield. After proceeding on the heading from the practice area to the airfield for about 10 minutes, he became concerned, & headed in the opposite direction. He recognized he was lost. Communications were established with approach control through another airplane from the same operator. A heading was provided to home base. When he reported over another airport he was instructed to land by the operator. During the landing flare the student lost directional contro, attempted a go around, over ran the runway, & hit a canal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94187
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285617
- Airframe hours
- 4,172
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N. Amer. Inst. Aviation Of Sc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 26, 1989 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- HYW · Conway, SC
- Airport
- runway 23, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYB, 35 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.
Other investigations on N94187 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.