- Date
- June 28, 1992, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- East Tawas, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714WTCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920628022029A
- Case key
- 15481
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the wind conditions and failure to properly flare the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind condition.
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 pilot stated she was aware of the crosswind condition which existed during the landing and was compensating by crabbing the airplane. She stated that she thought she encountered a gust of wind during the flare as the airplane settled to the runway on the main gear. It then bounced and settled again on the nose gear which subsequently collapsed. The airplane then veered off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714WT
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279496
- Airframe hours
- 5,971
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dodgen Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Delta Aircraft Rentals, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- TVC · Traverse City, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 6D9 · Iosco County, runway 26, 4,800 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 96 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSC, 9 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.