- Date
- April 1, 1992, 11:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Coatsville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49436Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920401008799A
- Case key
- 37137
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to compensate for adverse winds during landing, which resulted in a loss of airspeed and subsequent stall and loss of control. A factor related to the accident was the student pilot's lack of total flight experience.
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 pilot did not compensate properly for adverse winds in the landing pattern. When turning final approach, he overshot the runway and had difficulty aligning with the runway. During the flare, the airplane ballooned, the airspeed dropped to 45 knots, the airplane stalled and struck the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49436
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281265
- Airframe hours
- 7,607
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hervey M. Wendle
- Registered owner
- Chester County Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1992 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- W54 · Westminister, MD
- Airport
- 40N · Chester County, runway 29, 5,400 × 100 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots, gusting 17
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.