# NTSB FTW88DPJ09: Cessna 152, N53321, Skiatook, OK, August 6, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1988, 12:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: Skiatook, OK
- Coordinates: 36.3605, -96.029579 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3605&lon=-96.0296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22459
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DPJ09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22459/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DPJ09

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - abort - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED HER AIRCRAFT ON THE LAST HALF OF THE RUNWAY. SHE ADDED POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS WHEN SHE DECIDED TO ABORT THE LANDING AND GO AROUND. SHE SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDED TO ABORT THE GO AROUND AND PULLED OFF THE POWER. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING TO STOP. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A FENCE AND TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53321](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53321-2007-09-14), registration cancelled 2007-09-14, S/N 15283533, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283533
- Airframe hours: 5306
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Alpha Aviation Service
- Registered owner: Alpha Aviation Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 31, 1988, 16 hours before
- Departed: TUL, TULSA, OK
- Airport: 2F6, Skiatook, runway 17, 2,900 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUL, 14 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 19880806030839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806030839A), Aug 6, 1988: Cessna 152, Skiatook, OK, Substantial damage. Student landed long. Unable to stop,began go around then aborted and ran off end of runway thru a barbed wire fence

## Other investigations on N53321 (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX96FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA082), Dec 27, 1995: Cessna 152 (N53321), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a partial power loss due to carburetor icing resulting from existing environmental conditions and the pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat during descent.

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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