- Date
- June 19, 1988, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Coldwater, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N95056Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880619022779A
- Case key
- 32195
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The physician student plt made 3 attempts to land in this short unimproved field. On the 3rd pass, he collided with trees at the end of the rwy while attempting a go-around. The student plt did not have his cfi's permission to land there nor had he received adequate instruction in this type of operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95056
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285846
- Airframe hours
- 2,319
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Metro Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Katherine Stromberger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1988 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- OLV · Olive Branch, MS
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 43 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 20 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.