- Date
- May 19, 1990, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Delta, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6392QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900519017039A
- Case key
- 17933
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during landing. Factors were gusting tailwinds and the pilot selected the wrong 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
The student pilot selected the wrong runway and attempted a downwind landing with a strong quartering tailwind. At landing flare, the plane turned to the right, the pilot lost control and the plane touched down right of the centerline, departed the runway and nosed over. The pilot became aware of the tailwind after exiting the wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6392Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285241
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Utah Aviation
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- PVO · Provo, UT
- Destination
- MLF · Milford, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DTA · Delta, runway 30, 5,935 × 85 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 12 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N6392Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.