- Date
- February 6, 1989, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89038Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890206003199A
- Case key
- 17670
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to correct a ground loop swerve. A lack of total flight experience is considered to be a contributing factor.
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 plt was practicing touch and go landings on his first supervised solo. After landing on rwy 26, a 4,300 x 100 ft concrete rwy, the plt added power and allowed the acft to turn left of the centerline. Right rudder was applied but did not correct the left turn. The acft contacted a snow bank and ground looped to the left. The acft came to rest off the left side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89038
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282606
- Airframe hours
- 3,938
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- University Of North Dakota
- Registered owner
- Bobalouie Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 14, 1988 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- GFK
- Destination
- GFK
- Airport
- GFK · Grand Forks, runway 26, 4,300 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9 total · 9 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N89038 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.