- Date
- June 25, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24795Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890625017319A
- Case key
- 22774
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stall of the airplane by the pilot. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's disregard of the weather advisory, the unfavorable windshift, and the thunderstorm outflow.
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.
Analysis
The airplane was cleared to land on runway 34R and was established on final, when the winds shifted from 030 degrees at 8 knots to 060 degrees at 25 knots. The tower controller had previously advised all traffic of a large thunder storm along the eastern perimeter of the airport. The controller then advised the pilot of a wind shear alert. The pilot executed a touch and go. The winds shifted again to 090 degrees at 20 knots gusting to 26 knots. The controller advised the pilot that he could land on runway 09. The controller then instructed all aircraft to go around as the wind velocity increased to 30 plus knots. Heavy rain showers were occurring over the airport. The airplane was observed to be in what appeared to be slow flight. It rolled to the left and stalled, then it impacted the ground and burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24795
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280385
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Acme School Of Aeronautics
- Departed
- FTW
- Destination
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FTW · Meacham, runway 34R, 7,501 × 150 ft, concrete
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 150 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 19 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 1 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.