- Date
- May 2, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6436PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890502010799A
- Case key
- 34785
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors related to the accident were: the crosswind, the pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions, his improper use of the throttle, and the ditch.
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 student plt said that while practicing take-offs & landings in light x-wind conditions, he did not maintain runway alignment during the 2nd landing. He over-corrected, failed to reduce power to idle, then applied brakes. He said he panicked & decided to 'ride it out' rather than make a go-around. Subsequently, the acft went off the rwy, crossed a ditch & stopped with the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6436P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285013
- Airframe hours
- 4,621
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Marsh, Terry S.
- Registered owner
- Marsh, Terry S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 8Y2 · Buffalo, MN
- Airport
- 8Y2 · Buffalo, runway 17, 2,600 × 60 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 15 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 32 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.
Other investigations on N6436P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.