- Date
- October 25, 1992, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49164Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921025043249A
- Case key
- 8697
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Probable cause
The pilots poor inflight decision to attempt to land the aircraft in an unsuitable area.
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 was attempting to land in a sod area adjacent to the runway. The pilot stated that he failed to notice a ditch in the landing area. The aircraft struck the ditch during the landing roll, severed the nose wheel, and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49164
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281176
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy, Tracy D.
- Registered owner
- Whitaker Marvin F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- DKX
- Destination
- DKX
- Airport
- DKX · Knoxville Downtown Island
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 15 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 N49164 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.