- Date
- May 25, 1999, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89854Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990525005729A
- Case key
- 46422
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control due to his improper recovery from a bounced landing.
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 123-hour private pilot lost control of the aircraft after encountering 'porpoising' while landing on a 3,250 foot turf runway. The pilot added power to attempt to abort the landing; however, the pilot failed to release the brakes. The airplane collided with the airport's perimeter fence and trees.
Factual narrative
On May 25, 1999, at 1600 central daylight time, a Cessna 152 airplane, N89854, was substantially damaged following a loss of control while landing near Marietta, Oklahoma. The non-instrument rated private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The airplane was owned and operated by Delta Aeronautics, Inc., of Fort Worth, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for Title 14 CFR Part 91 flight for which a flight plan was not filed. The flight originated from the Meacham International Airport, near Fort Worth, Texas, at 1500.
According to personnel at the airport, the pilot lost directional control of the airplane while performing touch and go landings on runway 17 at the Love County Municipal Airport, near Marietta, Oklahoma. The operator stated that following a normal landing on the 3,250 foot turf runway, the airplane "porpoised a couple of times and the airplane went off the left side" of the 35 foot wide runway. The 123-hour pilot stated that he applied engine power in an attempt to abort the landing; however, he failed to release the brakes.
In the narrative portion of the enclosed NTSB Form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated that soon after he added power to abort the landing, he realized "that the distance between [the] aircraft and the obstacles was very short," so he reduced engine power. The airplane collided with the airstrip's perimeter fence and trees adjacent to the airstrip.
Examination of the airplane by the FAA inspector revealed that the right wing and the fuselage sustained structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89854
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-82891
- Airframe hours
- 10,459
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delta Aeronautics Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 14, 1999 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- OK31
- Airport
- OK31 · Love County, runway 17, 3,250 × 35 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 41 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.