- Date
- September 22, 1990, 10:33 local (15:33 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N24296Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900922041549A
- Case key
- 14779
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of the accident airplane to maintain sufficient speed for flight. The pilots lack of total experience and the crosswinds that were present during the approach and the attempted go-around are contributing factors to the accident.
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 relates in his statement that he did not feel comfortable with his approach. He describes problems with maintaining runway alignment because of crosswinds. According to the pilot he 'tried to execute a go-around and pushed in the throttle. I did not lower the nose properly and the plane eventually stalled, dropping to the runway'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24296
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280201
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bluffton Flying Service
- Departed
- 5G7 · Bluffton, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FWA · Baer Field, runway 32, 8,500 × 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.
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 44 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Observed at
- FWA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.