# NTSB SEA88LA142: Cessna 152, N4651P, Auburn, WA, August 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1988, 19:30 local (Aug 3, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Coordinates: 47.30923, -122.220291 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3092&lon=-122.2203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40856
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40856/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA142

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON THE EIGHTH LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ATTEMPTED RECOVERY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A POWER COMPANY METER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4651P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4651P-2012-08-27), registration cancelled 2012-08-27, S/N 15284792, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284792
- Airframe hours: 2505
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Flight Tech, Inc.
- Registered owner: John Pavel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 7, 1988, 96 hours before
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Airport: S50, Auburn Municipal, runway 34, 3,400 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 320° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFI, 12 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880802031479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880802031479A), Aug 2, 1988: Cessna 152, Auburn, WA, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing and lost control, veered off runway into a power company meter. Failed to make a go around.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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