- Date
- November 12, 1984, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Edinburg, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94387Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841112062819A
- Case key
- 21624
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Go-around - improperCause
TotalFactor
Raising of flaps - prematureFactor
Climb - not possible
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
Following a bounced landing, plt attempted a go-round, but inadvertenly raised the flaps. The acft settled into a plowed field adjacent to the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94387
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285661
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mccreery Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1984
- Departed
- MFE · Mcallen, TX
- Airport
- 25R · Edinburg Int'L, runway 14, 3,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 88 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.