- Date
- July 17, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ruston, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22660
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Both airplanes were in the traffic pattern. The Cessna 152 made radio calls in the blind; the Cessna 310 did not. Both airplanes were on final at the same time with the 152 in the lead and the 310 lower. The 310 passed the 152 just before touchdown. The 310 was on the ground as the 152 rounded out right behind it. The pilots in the 152 then saw the 310, added full power, and pulled up. The left horizontal stabilizer of the 152 struck the vertical stabilizer of the 310. The 310 stopped and the 152 landed in front of the 310 on the same rwy.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N295C
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35679
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jackson B. Cooper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- L33 · St. Joseph, LA
- Airport
- RSN · Municipal, runway 16, 4,000 × 90 ft, asphalt
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.
- Registration
- N93294
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285461
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Louisiana Tech University
- Registered owner
- Mcmahan Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1988 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- RSN
- Airport
- RSN · Municipal, runway 16, 4,000 × 90 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N295C
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 378 total · 77 in this make and model · 378 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N93294
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,141 total · 341 in this make and model · 938 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 215° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F
Other investigations on N295C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.