- Date
- May 22, 1991, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24394Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910522017569A
- Case key
- 15079
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's misjudgment of the proper touchdown point. An associated factor is the pilot-in-command not performing remedial action.
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 certified flight instructor (CFI) was conducting a biennial flight review of a commercial pilot. He elected to have the commercial pilot perform a simulated emergency landing to a nearby private turf airstrip. During the approach, the CFI determined that the airplane was too high for the field. He took the controls on final approach to complete the landing. He misjudged the touchdown point and landed in a wheat field short of the runway. The CFI reported no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the landing. Post crash inspection and an engine test run revealed no mechanical anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24394
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1528-25-
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles A. Bunting
- Departed
- GRE · Greenville, IL
- Airport
- NONE, runway 18, 1,800 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,780 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.