# NTSB DEN92LA070: Cessna 152, N47354, Mckinney, TX, June 27, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1992, 18:30 local (Jun 27, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Coordinates: 33.180541, -96.590881 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1805&lon=-96.5909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18224
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN92LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18224/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92LA070

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT MISJUDGED HIS LANDING AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  A FACTOR WAS:  LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE ON THE PART OF THE STUDENT PILOT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing
  - terrain condition - soft
  - touchdown - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## Analysis

WHILE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO, THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47354](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47354), registered now, S/N 15283220, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283220
- Airframe hours: 2890
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Menagerie Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Monarch Air
- Registered owner: Menagerie Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 28, 1992, 89 hours before
- Airport: TKI, Mckinney Municipal, runway 17, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; student; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 73 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920626036259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920626036259A), Jun 26, 1992: Cessna 152, Mc Kinney, TX, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway and skidded onto same after impact. Blamed traffic distraction.

## Other investigations on N47354 (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA317), Jun 6, 1998: Cessna 152 (N47354), Dallas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes.
- [NTSB MKC87LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA146), Jul 22, 1987: Cessna 152 (N47354), Columbia, MO, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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