- Date
- July 20, 1983, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Baytown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714XUCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830720033909A
- Case key
- 20982
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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
While crossing the threshold for landing, the plt heard that another acft was departing from an intersecting rwy. The plt applied full power & the acft drifted left of the rwy. He raised the flaps & the acft settled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714XU
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279521
- Airframe hours
- 1,711
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard W. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1983 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- 54TX · R.W.J. Airpark, runway 15, 3,300 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 3 knots, gusting 4
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.