- Date
- February 22, 1991, 16:30 local (Feb 23, 1991, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6568BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910222003579A
- Case key
- 41394
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing sute after making the decision to attempt a precautionary landing.
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 attempted a precautionary landing in a pasture after turning around after encountering hazy weather in the vicinity of a mountain range. The aircraft nosed-down in soft earth, causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6568B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283951
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Silvia Sisler
- Departed
- BLI · Bellingham, WA
- Destination
- S36 · Crest Airpark, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 50 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- PAE, 11 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.