- Date
- July 2, 1989, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Oneida, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4953BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890702024499A
- Case key
- 36434
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Probable cause
Loss of directional control during landing due to wind change. The aircraft landed hard on the runway due to improper flare by the pilot and a delayed response to the ballooning of the acft.
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
Cessna 152 encountered a change in direction of wind during an approach to land at Oneida county airport and collided with the runway. The pilot said that the wind change caused her to flare too soon and the aircraft ballooned and porpoised, even though the throttle had been pushed in, the response was too late to recover and maintain control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4953B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283721
- Airframe hours
- 3,459
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bfb Associates
- Registered owner
- Bfb Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1989 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- UCA · Utica, NY
- Airport
- UCA · Oneida Co., runway 33, 6,001 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 49 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.