- Date
- February 22, 1994, 18:19 local (Feb 23, 1994, 00:19 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle Lake, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48819Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940222002779A
- Case key
- 19001
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.
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
During the landing roll, the aircraft veered to the left of the runway, nosed over in soft terrain, and came to rest in a ditch inverted. The instructor pilot, who was making the landing with the student on the controls, stated that he applied full right rudder to no avail.
Factual narrative
On February 22, 1994, at 1819 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N48819, was destroyed during landing at Eagle Lake Airport in Eagle Lake, Texas. The instructor pilot was not injured and the student pilot received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed with calm wind for the instructional flight.
The instructor pilot stated that the student was to stay on the controls with him while he executed the landing. After a normal landing, slightly left of center line, the aircraft "veered to the left and ran off of the runway." He further stated that he applied full right rudder; however, the aircraft continued across the grass. The nose wheel sank into the soft ground in a ditch and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest in the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48819
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280981
- Airframe hours
- 10,861
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Van Paasschen, John/Sears, L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1993 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- 5TA4 · Rosenburg, TX
- Airport
- ELA · Eagle Lake, runway 17, 3,430 × 50 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Private, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 883 total · 150 in this make and model · 832 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGR, 34 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 N48819 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.