- Date
- February 6, 1988, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5450QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880206003229A
- Case key
- 14043
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's misjudged flare and his failure to attain a proper descent rate.
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
Airplane descended below the tree line and struck a wire while doing a power recovery from a practice forced landing demonstration during instructional flight. The aircraft was able to remain airborne and was flown back to the airport of origin where damage was discovered during a post flight inspection. CFII, who was flying the airplane, stated he did not see the wires until just before impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5450Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285112
- Airframe hours
- 3,391
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Parks College St. Louis Univ.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CPS · St Louis, IL
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 707 total · 479 in this make and model · 605 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.