- Date
- June 30, 1988, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6392QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 17490
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6392Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285241
- Airframe hours
- 3,960
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph Lewis
- Registered owner
- Lewis, Ralph C & Elizabeth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 20, 1988 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- BTF
- Destination
- BTF
- Airport
- BTF · Skypark, runway 34, 4,700 × 70 ft, asphalt
N6392QRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Other investigations on N6392Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA96FA022Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportProvo, UTpilot suicide (intentional in-flight collision with rising terrain). A factor relating to the accident was: pilot anxiety/apprehension.NTSB DEN90LA113Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDelta, UTThe pilot's loss of directional control during landing. Factors were gusting tailwinds and the pilot selected the wrong runway.