- Date
- November 26, 1989, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eau Claire, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5115QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891126047259A
- Case key
- 14596
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. Factors related to the accident were: the crosswind, the student's lack of total experience, his diversion of too much attention to the other aircraft, and the runway light.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5115Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285077
- Airframe hours
- 3,560
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gibson Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 2, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- EAU
- Destination
- EAU
- Airport
- EAU · Eau Claire County, runway 22, 7,300 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.