# NTSB FTW00LA234: Cessna 152, N68168, San Antonio, TX, August 16, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 16, 2000, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: San Antonio, TX - Coordinates: 29.539535, -98.419044 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5395&lon=-98.4190&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50060 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW00LA234 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50060/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA234 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the crosswind. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr) - object - hangar/airport building ## Analysis According to the pilot, during the landing flare for runway 17, the airplane was several feet above the ground, power off, and banked to the left. The pilot applied full power for a go-around; however, the airplane turned perpendicular to the runway, crossed the parallel taxiway, and the right wing struck a hangar. Subsequently, the airplane nosed down into the ground. The pilot reported the wind was from 190 degrees at 10 knots. ## Factual narrative On August 16, 2000, at 1700 central daylight time, a Cessna 152 single-engine airplane, N68168, struck a hangar during a go-around at the Boerne Stage Field Airport near San Antonio, Texas. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot, sole occupant, received minor injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight which departed Giddings, Texas, at 1555, and a flight plan was not filed. The pilot reported that he was landing the airplane on runway 17, and the landing "seemed quite routine until I found myself several feet above the ground, power off, [air]plane banked to the left. I don't know how I got into this position, but perhaps this is what happened. I had cut the throttle and was lined up for the spot on the runway I wanted to touch down on. I don't think I ever did touch down. Perhaps I flared out too soon and/or too high. Then a gust of wind (shear?) lifted my right wing and I was in a bad bank to the left with my nose up." Attempting to recover, I applied full throttle. I think I was still turning to the left. I tried to miss the hangar east of the runway, but clipped it with my right wing. I plunged, nose down, into the ground." The pilot reported the wind was from 190 degrees at 10 knots. A witness reported to the FAA inspector, that the airplane flared high, bounced, and turned perpendicular to the runway. Subsequently, the airplane's right wing struck the hangar. The airplane spun around and came to rest on a southeast heading. The FAA inspector responding to the site found the "throttle wide open." He found thermal damage in the nose area from a post-impact fire. The propeller was found separated from the engine crankshaft. The wings and fuselage were twisted, crushed, and wrinkled. Propeller slash marks were noted along the parallel taxiway and the driveway to the hangar. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N68168](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68168-2001-01-24), registration cancelled 2001-01-24, S/N 15282160 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Engines: Lycoming reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Gerald Runkle - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: 62H, GIDDINGS, TX - Destination: 5C1 - Airport: 5C1, Boerne Stage Field, runway 17, 3,940 × 36 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 442 total, 173 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 28 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 97 °F ## 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 20000816022129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000816022129A), Aug 16, 2000: Cessna 152, San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. (.4)According to the pilot, during the landing flare for runway 17, the airplane was several feet above the ground, power off, and banked to the left. The… From the NTSB's public API. 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