- Date
- September 21, 1993, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kokomo, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757MTCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930921035939A
- Case key
- 9325
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed. Factors were his lack of total experience and his premature retraction of the flaps.
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 was on his second solo flight conducting touch and go landings. During the flare, the airplane ballooned and the pilot elected to go-around. He added power and retracted the flaps. When the airplane began to descend he pulled back on the yoke. The airplane departed controlled flight and impacted the runway.
Factual narrative
On September 21, 1993, at 1720 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N757MT, registered to Charles W. Beene of Kokomo, Indiana, and operated by a solo student, experienced a loss of control during an attempted go around. The airplane impacted on runway 18 (2,048' x 110' dry/turf) at Glendale Airport, Kokomo, Indiana, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no injuries. The local instructional 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight originated at approximately 1700.
The solo student pilot was on his second supervised solo instructional flight. He stated that he allowed the airplane to balloon during the flare and decided to go around. He indicated that he applied full throttle and retracted all of the flaps. As the airplane settled, he pulled back on the yoke rapidly, the airplane stalled and the right wingtip and nose landing gear impacted the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757MT
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279855
- Airframe hours
- 4,384
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Beene, Charles W., doing business as Glendale Air Service
- Registered owner
- Beene, Charles W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1993 · 84 hours before
- Airport
- 8I3 · Glendale Airport, runway 36, 2,048 × 110 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N757MT · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.