- Date
- March 17, 1988, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Bar, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4932HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880317054739A
- Case key
- 40788
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor pilot and his dual student flew into a canyon area. The aircraft was allowed to fly too close to rising terrain which the aircraft was unable to outclimb. During a turn to reverse direction the aircraft collided with terrain. The CFI stated that they could have stayed out of the canyon or gone in at a higher alt but that he had been there before under similiar circumstances and considered it safe. On this day, according to the stated report, the student plt had trouble holding the acft on course and drifted toward rising terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4932H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284027
- Airframe hours
- 4,522
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harvey Airfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 6, 1988
- Departed
- S43 · Snohomish, WA
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,990 total · 2,925 in this make and model · 2,801 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °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.