- Date
- December 22, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hyannis, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5465PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881222060759A
- Case key
- 36355
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - runway light
Analysis
The acft ran off the runway and hit a landing light and terrain as the pilot attempted to make a crosswind landing, at barnstable airport, Hyannis, MA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5465P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284952
- Airframe hours
- 3,699
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hyannis Air Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1988 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Destination
- HYA · Hyannis, MA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HYA · Barnstable, runway 33, 3,999 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.