# NTSB FTW83LA342: Cessna 152, N714XU, Baytown, TX, July 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 20, 1983, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Coordinates: 30.799638, -95.549308 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7996&lon=-95.5493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20982
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA342
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20982/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA342

## 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)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, go-around (vfr)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, go-around (vfr)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714XU-1984-05-14), registration cancelled 1984-05-14, S/N 15279521 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279521
- Airframe hours: 1711
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830720033909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830720033909A), Jul 20, 1983: Cessna 152, Baytown, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft stalled and crashed when pilot raised flaps during go around during training flight.

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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