- Date
- November 8, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Leesburg, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93031Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881108050489A
- Case key
- 11482
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student & instructor (CFI) made a normal apch at 60 KIAS with 30 degs of flaps. When aprx 100 to 200 ft AGL, the acft began to descend below the desired glidepath. The student added power and increased pitch attitude. The acft continued to descend and the airspeed decreased to 40 KIAS. The CFI said he took control of the acft as it began to stall and lowered the nose to increase airspeed; however, the acft continued to descend. It contacted the terrain in a nose low, left wing low attitude. Neither pilot reported any mechanical failure or malfunction of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93031
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285380
- Airframe hours
- 1,338
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven Leckey, doing business as Professional Pilot Services
- Registered owner
- Lawrence A. Bennett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 22, 1988 · 94 hours before
- Airport
- W09 · Leesburg, runway 17, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,025 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,559 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD, 9 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.