- Date
- December 31, 1988, 15:17 local (20:17 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714XVCessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881231057139A
- Case key
- 14319
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Probable cause
Pilot's total lack of experience in this type of operation.
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
The student pilot was attempting to land when the aircraft encountered wake turbulence from a preceding Boeing 727. The pilot was unable to maintain control of the aircraft, and it struck the runway and nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714XV
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-79522
- Airframe hours
- 4,844
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2L, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Amr Services, Inc
- Registered owner
- Northern Air Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 31, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- GRR · Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport
- GRR · Kent County Int'L, runway 26L, 10,000 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 10 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.