- Date
- January 27, 1991, 14:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67650Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910127001059A
- Case key
- 23301
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind condition that existed at the time of the accident.
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 flared the airplane over the center line of runway 17 and prior to touchdown a gust of wind lifted the right wing. The airplane veered left off the runway and a go around was initiated. The pilot stated that the airplane would not climb during the attempted aborted landing, and that he was unable to regain control. The airplane then struck the top two strands of a barbed wire fence. It subsequently touchdown in an open field adjacent to the airport and struck a tree and a second fence prior to coming to a stop. The landing was attempted in a right cross wind. Winds at the closest weather observation facility were reported to be from 260 degrees at 12, gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67650
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281962
- Airframe hours
- 3,293
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bourland Field, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 29, 1990 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- F41 · Ennis, TX
- Airport
- 50F · Bourland Field, runway 17, 4,140 × 60 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 69 in this make and model · 46 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °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.
Other investigations on N67650 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.