- Date
- April 10, 1989, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94822Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890410034539A
- Case key
- 36398
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Probable cause
Improper use of throttle and flight controls by the student and inadequate supervision by the CFI which resulted in a stall. The student's lack of total flying experience and the instructor's lack of experience in the type of operation (instructing) were contributing factors.
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 & instructor (CFI) elected to fly in a closed traffic pattern. They made a low apch on the 1st pattern with 30 deg of flaps. As the acft was on the low apch over the rwy, the student was instructed to add power for a go- around. However, instead of adding power, the student raised the acft's nose, then the rgt wing dropped. Subsequently, the acft contacted the rwy with the rgt main gear & rgt wing. It then veered to the rgt & one wheel went off the rwy & onto the grass. Drg the occurrence, the rgt main strut & rgt wingtip were damaged. The CFI had a total flt time of 559 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94822
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285795
- Airframe hours
- 2,848
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Resources, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 29, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- BED
- Airport
- BED · Bedford, runway 29, 7,001 × 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 559 total · 94 in this make and model · 499 as pilot in command · 265 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.