- Date
- May 26, 1994, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757SUCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940526015649A
- Case key
- 9550
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Probable cause
the pilot-in-command (CFI's) improper compensation for wind conditions and his poor in flight decision making. Factors were a tailwind and a vehicle on the runway.
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
While landing to the south with a tailwind the pilot overflew a mowing machine and landed long. The airplane overran the departure end of the runway, and impacted the terrain.
Factual narrative
On May 26, 1994, at 1630 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N757SU, registered to Kansas Aircraft Corp of Olathe, Kansas, and operated by a flight instructor and non pilot-rated passenger, experienced an overrun on runway 17 (2,440' x 75' dry turf) at Cedar Air Park, Olathe, Kansas, while the instructor was demonstrating a downwind landing. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The instructor and passenger reported no injuries. The demonstration flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight last departed Johnson County Executive Airport, Olathe Kansas, at 1400.
The flight instructor stated that he landed longer than normal to leave clearance between himself and a mower on the north end of the runway. He stated that he landed on runway 17 with the prevailing wind of 060 degrees at 8 knots.
The witness operating the mower stated the wind to be 360 degrees at 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757SU
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279772
- Airframe hours
- 4,308
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kansas Aircraft Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 30, 1994 · 96 hours before
- Airport
- 51K · Cedar Air Park, runway 17, 2,440 × 75 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,400 total · 500 in this make and model · 5,100 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.