# NTSB ATL96LA039: Cessna 152, N65465, Greenville, SC, January 23, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 23, 1996, 08:49 local (13:49 UTC) - Place: Greenville, SC - Coordinates: 34.829601, -82.370201 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8296&lon=-82.3702&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report May 9, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 3687 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL96LA039 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3687/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA039 ## Probable cause the failure of the student pilot to maintain airspeed while raising the flaps 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, go-around (vfr) - raising of flaps - abrupt, pilot in command (contributing factor) - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr) ## Analysis The student pilot was returning from a local solo flight and encountered a strong quartering tailwind on final approach. While he was landing the airplane, it ballooned. The pilot aborted the landing and performed a go-around. As he retracted the flaps for the go-around, the airplane stalled and collided with the runway. ## Factual narrative On January 23, 1996, at 0849 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N65465, collided with the ground during a landing at Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, South Carolina. The aircraft was operated by the student pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91 and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local, solo flight, and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot received minor injuries, and the aircraft received substantial damage. The flight originated approximately 49 minutes prior to the accident from the same airfield. According to the pilot/operator aircraft accident report, the pilot "had difficulty lining up on the runway due to the effect of a strong quartering tailwind which existed above the surface." The aircraft ballooned during the flare, and the pilot executed a go-around. With full power and carburetor heat off, the pilot raised all 30 degrees of the flaps, and the aircraft settled. Next, the aircraft's nose was raised and it yawed to the left. The aircraft impacted the runway with the nose and the left wing first, approximately 90 degrees to the left of the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N65465](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65465-2004-08-03), registration cancelled 2004-08-03, S/N 15281568, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 152-81568 - Airframe hours: 4733 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Bob Jones University - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, December 8, 1995, 13 hours before - Departed: GMU - Airport: GMU, Greenville Downtown, runway 36, 5,393 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 5 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: GMU ## 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 19960123010949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960123010949A), Jan 23, 1996: Cessna 152, Greenville, SC, Substantial damage. Ballooned on flare landing in strong above surface tailwind. Began go around settled yawed. Impact on wind and nose ## Other investigations on N65465 (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 MKC79DCD40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD40), Sep 12, 1979: Cessna 152 (N65465), Oxford, IA, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.