# NTSB FTW85LA047: Cessna 152, N94387, Edinburg, TX, November 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 12, 1984, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Edinburg, TX
- Coordinates: 26.289432, -98.159027 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2894&lon=-98.1590&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21624
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21624/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA047

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - climb - not possible, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285661
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841112062819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841112062819A), Nov 12, 1984: Cessna 152, Edinburg, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot failed to control aircraft during go around from a bounced landing. Flaps were retracted early.

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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