- Date
- November 11, 1990, 12:42 local (17:42 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68744Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901111049679A
- Case key
- 32791
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Pilot-in-command's failure to land on a runway that was more aligned with the wind. Factors were: crosswind and lack of total experience.
Analysis
The plt stated that prior to departure, the wind was calm. After completion of several touch-&-go landing, the pilot returned to land. While on approach he was advised that the wind was from the north at 14 knots. During the landing roll, the acft rolled over and came to rest invested. The hourly surface observation taken at the time of the accident reported the wind to be from the north at 12 knts with gusts to 20. Rwy 31 was available. According to the plt's operating handbook, the maximum demonstrated crosswind component is 12 KTS.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68744
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282352
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandelle Aviation, Corp. Ltd.
- Registered owner
- Chandelle Aviation Corp.
- Departed
- LNA
- Airport
- PBI · Palm Beach International, runway 9R, 3,152 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 55 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.