- Date
- November 20, 1989, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kokomo, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757UVCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891120046159A
- Case key
- 14592
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Probable cause
The student pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate supervision by the student's flight instructor (CFI), the student's failure to obtain weather information (use a preflight briefing service) before the flight, and the adverse wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While preparing for his 4th solo flt to practice takeoffs & lndgs, the student plt noted a wind from the sw. During the roll-out from his 2nd landing on rwy 18, the acft enctrd a gust of wind from the right & became airborne. The student tried to correct the situation, but the acft touched down hard & the nose gear dug into the turf rwy & collapsed. About 14 mi north at grissom afb, the 0955 EST wind was from 280 deg at 19 gusting 24 KTS. The student's instructor plt (CFI) stated 'it was too windy for (the) student. The CFI also rprtd that he did not know the student had initiated the solo flt because he (the CFI) was flying with another student. The CFI had not entered any wind restrictions in the student plt's log book, though he noted the student should not have taken off with more than a 10 mph wind or a 5 mph x-wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757UV
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280022
- Airframe hours
- 2,580
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Beene
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1989 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 8I3
- Destination
- 8I3
- Airport
- 8I3 · Kokomo-Glendale, runway 18, 2,048 × 110 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 19 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUS, 14 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 N757UV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.