- Date
- March 8, 1991, 11:58 local (19:58 UTC)
- Place
- Gig Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5095PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910308004849A
- Case key
- 41395
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the ground. Factors include wind gusts.
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 Cessna 152 sustained substantial damaged when the student pilot lost directional control after landing. The pilot stated that he made a normal landing and the right wing lifted due to a gust. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway, where the left wing struck a 3000 foot marker and the aircraft spun around to the left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5095P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284875
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Myles D.V. East
- Departed
- OLM · Olympia, WA
- Flight plan
- Military VFR
- Airport
- TIW · Tacoma Narrows, runway 17, 5,002 × 150 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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.