# NTSB FTW90LA098: Cessna 152, N93070, Albany, TX, April 16, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1990, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Albany, TX
- Coordinates: 32.719551, -99.289932 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7196&lon=-99.2899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23123
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23123/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA098

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROL TOUCHDOWN AND COLLISION WITH OBJECTS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - touchdown - uncontrolled, pilot in command
  - directional control - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRPLANE DURING A LANDING ATTEMPT. POWER WAS APPLIED TO ARREST THE AIRCRAFT SINK RATE. RUNWAY CONTACT OCCURRED WITH THE AIRPLANE IN A CRAB AS A RESULT OF THE POWER APPLICATION. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDING WITH A FENCE AND A TREE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93070](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93070-2010-08-06), registration cancelled 2010-08-06, S/N 15285390 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285390
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Abilene Aero Inc.
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 9, 1990, 41 hours before
- Departed: ABI, ABILENE, TX
- Airport: T23, Albany Muni., runway 17, 3,700 × 60 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 70 total, 61 in this make and model, 44 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19900416010589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900416010589A), Apr 16, 1990: Cessna 152, Albany, TX, Substantial damage. Stalled and recovered on landing approach. Touched down in crab. Ran off runway.

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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