- Date
- September 24, 2013, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N24800Cessna 152
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20130924018089A
- Case key
- 88122
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately maintain airspeed during a go-around.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
While performing a go-around, the pilot was not able to get the airplane to climb or maintain altitude. The airplane settled to the ground 200 yard from the runway's departure end. A postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies which would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. The accident is consistent with the pilot's attempt to get the airplane to climb prior to reaching an adequate airspeed.
Factual narrative
According to the Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the airplane was not in a position to land, so the pilot performed a go-around maneuver. The pilot was not able to get the airplane to climb or maintain altitude. The airplane settled to the ground 200 yards past the runway's departure end. Substantial damage was sustained to the airplane's fuselage and the pilot was seriously injured. A postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies which would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. The pilot did not return an NTSB Form 6120 prior to the completion of the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24800
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280387
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 4,545.6
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-235 SERIES, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 2013
- Departed
- TSO · Carrollton, OH
- Destination
- 15G · Wadsworth, OH
- Airport
- 15G · Weltzien Skypark, runway 21, 2,410 × 37 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
- 70
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 465 total · 175 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KBJJ, 10 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 N24800 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.