Accident · 1989-03-26

NTSB case FTW89LA071 · CESSNA 152 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-03-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 152 (N45940)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: PEGASUS FLIGHT CENTER , INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): PEGASUS FLIGHT CENTER

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE.CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE CFI, WHO AUTHORIZED THE 2ND SOLO FLIGHT IN UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS, THE CROSSWIND, THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, THE RAVINE (DITCH), AND THE TREES.

Source: NTSB case FTW89LA071

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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