- Date
- October 4, 1996, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hartsville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94526Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19961004031109A
- Case key
- 38166
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (VSO) during a go-around resulting in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain and nose over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated he was making a crosswind landing with known gusty wind conditions. The airplane yawed to the left on roundout, he applied full power to initiate a go-around. The nose of the airplane was pitched up about 10- to 20-degrees, the airspeed was about 40 knots, and the stall warning horn was on. The nose pitched down and to the left. He applied aft pressure on the control yoke. The airplane collided with the ground on the main gear, bounced and nosed over inverted.
Factual narrative
On October 4, 1996, about 1430 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N94526, registered to and operated by North American Institute of Aviation as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed during a go-around at the Hartsville Municipal Airport, Hartsville, South Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated 2 hours 15 minutes before the accident.
The student pilot stated he was making a crosswind landing with known gusty wind conditions. He turned final with the flaps extended 20 degrees. The airplane yawed to the left on roundout, and he applied full power to initiate a go-around. The nose of the airplane was pitched up about 10- to 20-degrees, the airspeed was about 40 knots, and the stall warning activated. The nose pitched down and to the left. He applied aft pressure on the control yoke. The airplane collided with the ground on the main gear, bounced, and nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94526
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285704
- Airframe hours
- 8,235
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North American Inst Of Avn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 19, 1996 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- 50J · Berkly, SC
- Destination
- HVS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HVS · Hartsville Municipal, runway 3, 3,300 × 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
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 41 in this make and model · 42 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO, 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.