# NTSB ATL90LA045: Cessna 152, N94187, Whiteville, NC, January 3, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1990, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Whiteville, NC
- Coordinates: 34.320465, -78.700531 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3205&lon=-78.7005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL90LA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA045

## 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

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - aborted

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94187-2000-07-13), registration cancelled 2000-07-13, S/N 15285617 (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: 15285617
- Airframe hours: 4172
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900103000079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900103000079A), Jan 3, 1990: Cessna 152, Whiteville, NC, Substantial damage. Lost student got radar vectors to nearest airport. Lost control landing. Tried go around,hit bushes and a ditch.

## Other investigations on N94187 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA93LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA089), Mar 22, 1993: Cessna 152 (N94187), La Belle, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE STUDENT PILOT, AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE TAILWIND, AND THE STUDENT…

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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