- Date
- November 1, 1995, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49131Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951101035549A
- Case key
- 19703
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the wet grass runway.
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 said he was unable to maintain directional control after landing on a wet grass airstrip. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and collided with a ditch. Examination of the accident site disclosed tire tracks 200 feet beyond the runway threshold and 10 feet left of centerline. The tracks angled off the left side of the runway and terminated at the airplane in the ditch. Winds reported at nearby Ardmore Municipal Airport were from 190 degrees at 10 knots.
Factual narrative
On November 1, 1995, approximately 1620 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N49131, operated by Bridgeport Flight Center, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during landing at Marietta, Oklahoma. The private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The flight, being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91, originated at Bridgeport, Texas, approximately 1530.
In the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, the pilot chose not to make a written statement. However, in a telephone interview the pilot stated he was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane departed the left side of runway 17 colliding with a ditch. According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, examination of the accident site disclosed the airplane touched down on wet grass 200 feet beyond the runway threshold, 10 feet left of centerline. The tracks went off the left side of the runway and terminated at the airplane in the ditch. Winds reported at nearby Ardmore Municipal Airport were from 190 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49131
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283428
- Airframe hours
- 8,474
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bridgeport Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 27, 1995 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 1F9 · Bridgeport, TX
- Destination
- T40
- Airport
- T40 · Mcgehee Catfish Restauran, runway 17, 2,450 × 55 ft, grass/turf
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 101 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM, 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.
Other investigations on N49131 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.