- Date
- January 5, 1993, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4870BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930105000149A
- Case key
- 18634
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 57 hour private pilot lost control of the airplane as he applied the brakes during the landing roll. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and impacted a drainage ditch. The nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted. Examination of the brake system revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4870B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283685
- Airframe hours
- 5,937
- Engine
- Continental O-235-L2B, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Qualiflight Training
- Registered owner
- G.L.H. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1993 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- LAW · Lawton, OK
- Airport
- T47 · Kickapoo, runway 17, 4,216 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 43 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS, 9 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.
Other investigations on N4870B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.