# NTSB FTW94LA085: Cessna 152, N48819, Eagle Lake, TX, February 23, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1994, 18:19 local (Feb 23, 1994, 00:19 UTC)
- Place: Eagle Lake, TX
- Coordinates: 29.580799, -96.320304 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5808&lon=-96.3203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 19001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW94LA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19001/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA085

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48819-2004-09-27), registration cancelled 2004-09-27, S/N 15280981, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280981
- Airframe hours: 10861
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19940222002779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940222002779A), Feb 22, 1994: Cessna 152, Eagle Lake, TX, Destroyed. Veered off runway on landing and nosed over. Student may have been on opposite rudder.

## Other investigations on N48819 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW02LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA149), May 9, 2002: Cessna 152 (N48819), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.