# NTSB FTW90LA114: Cessna 152, N714TT, Fort Worth, TX, June 3, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1990, 15:49 local (20:49 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.819992, -97.359077 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8200&lon=-97.3591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA114

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT MISJUDGED THE FLARE TO LAND.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING, DUE TO A HIGH SINK RATE, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR, IT THEN NOSED OVER, COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 34L.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N714TT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279426
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Acme School Of Aeronautics
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 29, 1990
- Departed: FTW, FORT WORTH, TX
- Airport: FTW, Heacham Field, runway 34, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 36 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW

## 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 19900603018059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900603018059A), Jun 3, 1990: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Student failed to arrest high sink rate on final. Hit hard,bounced, lost control, veered off runway and nosed over.

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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