- Date
- August 31, 1994, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Headland, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64903Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940831024909A
- Case key
- 3442
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during a crosswind landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student stated that he was attempting a crosswind landing. During final approach to the runway, the aircraft drifted off to the left side of the runway. He attempted to land on the left side of the runway but the aircraft bounced and departed the runway to the left. After departing the runway, the aircraft struck a bail of hay before coming to a stop.
Factual narrative
On August 31, 1994 about 1630 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N64903, was substantially damaged, following a collision with a hay bale, during a landing attempt on runway 27, at the Headland Municipal Airport, Headland, Alabama. The student pilot was not injured in the accident. The aircraft was being operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 by the Dothan Jet Center of Dothan, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the local training flight. The flight departed Dothan, Alabama, about 1420.
The student pilot stated that he was attempting to practice crosswind landings on runway 09. On final approach to the runway, the aircraft drifted off to the left side. He landed on the nose wheel, and the aircraft bounced. He then lost control of the aircraft. It exited the runway to the left, and hit a hay bale and the terrain, prior to coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64903
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285282
- Airframe hours
- 4,201
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-12C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dothan Jet Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 9, 1994 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- DHN · Dothan, AL
- Destination
- 0J6 · AL
- Airport
- 0J6 · Headland Municipal, runway 9, 4,200 × 80 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 25 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.