- Date
- April 23, 1987, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arcadoa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49832Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870423011459A
- Case key
- 31901
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Inattentive
Aileron - not usedCause
Lack of total experience
Rudder - excessiveCause
Ground loop/swerve - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
During the landing roll the plt diverted his attention from taxiing the acft to raising the flaps and turning off the carb heat. The rt wing was then lifted by the cross wind, after which, the plt applied excessive rt rudder. The acft left the rwy, fell into a ditch, & came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49832
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15271348
- Airframe hours
- 1,356
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Wayne Owen Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 3, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- OBE · Okeechobee, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X06 · Arcabia Minicipal, runway 24, 3,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 28 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 37 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.