- Date
- March 24, 1979
- Place
- Mesquite, TX · MESQUITE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49431Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790324005139A
- Case key
- 137443
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0423 79/3/24 MESQUITE,TX CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N49431 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHIL HUDSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT.PLEASANT,TX MESQUITE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49431
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phil Hudson
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.