- Date
- July 7, 1995, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6306HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950707017639A
- Case key
- 19489
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall.
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 touch and go landings the student pilot was observed taking off and climbing to 100 feet above ground level. Witnesses reported observing the aircraft in a high nose attitude which then dropped to a nose low attitude of 35 degrees. The witnesses reported that the aircraft descended to ground impact.
Factual narrative
On July 7, 1995, at 1110 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6306H, was substantially damaged during takeoff near Bridgeport, Texas. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional flight.
In an interview with a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot reported that during takeoff, following a touch and go landing, the engine lost power. The pilot further reported that airspeed was lost and the aircraft nosed over and struck the ground. Witnesses to the accident reported observing the aircraft approximately 80 to 100 feet above the ground in a "nose high attitude" and then "descend at a 35 degree angle" prior to impact.
Post-crash examination of the aircraft revealed structural damage to the engine mounts, fuselage, and firewall. The examination did not reveal any anomalies that could have led to a loss of control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6306H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284153
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bridgeport Flt Training Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1F9
- Airport
- IF9 · Bridgeport Municipal, runway 35, 3,500 × 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 3 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AFW, 26 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.