- Date
- September 9, 1989, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Ardmore, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5316UCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22916
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control during an attempted go around.
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 pilot reported that, during the landing flare, the aircraft nose veered left, and directional control was lost. He attempted to go around. Witnesses stated that the aircraft appeared to flare too high. The pilot stated that he added full power, retracted the flaps 10 degrees, and the nose fell. The aircraft impacted the terrain approximately 800 feet west of the landing runway. The pilot was utilizing runway 35 and reported the winds to be from the southwest at 12 knots, gusting to 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5316U
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285099
- Airframe hours
- 4,128
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Holt Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Holt Aero Inc
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1989 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ADM · Ardmore Municipal, runway 35, 6,879 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM