- Date
- July 8, 1988, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Roche Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4590PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880708026009A
- Case key
- 40840
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was attempting no flap landing on down-sloping narrow runway in variable and gusty wind conds. Hard landing resulted in departure from hard surface, encounter with parallel ditch and rock, and noseover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4590P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152284774
- Airframe hours
- 3,605
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pickett Aviation Co.
- Registered owner
- Richard Shoemaker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 18, 1988 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- TIW · Gig Harbor, WA
- Destination
- 9S1 · Roche Harbor, WA
- Airport
- 9S1 · Roche Harbor, runway 24, 4,300 × 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 85 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- BLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4590P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.