- Date
- August 6, 1990, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5265LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900806065639A
- Case key
- 8262
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly judge the stopping distance of the airplane and his subsequent failure to perform a go around. Factors in the accident were the tailwind condition at the airport.
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 student pilot was attempting his third slipped approach/landing after two unsuccessful attempts. During the landing roll, he realized that he was 'excessively fast.' He did not apply the brakes soon enough, and steered the airplane off the runway to avoid obstructions at the departure end. After exiting the airplane, he noted that he had been landing in a tailwind condition. He did not attempt a go around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5265L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284283
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- C And G Acft Sales Inc.
- Registered owner
- C And G Aircraft Sales, Inc
- Destination
- HDI
- Airport
- HDI · Harwick Field, runway 21, 3,300 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 20 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °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.