Cessna 152 N49047

Summary

On 20 June 1983 at about 15:44 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N49047 was involved in an accident near Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 June 1983 at 15:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Daytona (DAB)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N49047

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83LA164

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BEFORE THE STUDENT PLT TOOK OFF, THE WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 080 TO 090 DEG AT 8 TO 9 KTS. AFTER TAKEOFF, HE STAYED IN A CLOSED PATTERN & MADE 3 TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. INITIALLY, HE USED 30 DEG OF FLAPS FOR LANDING. HOWEVER, HE NOTED VARYING X-WIND CONDITIONS THAT SEEMED GUSTY & SHIFTING. HE CHANGED TO 20 DEG OF FLAPS FOR LANDING, WHICH PROVIDED MORE CONTROL. WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND FOR EACH LANDING, THE TOWER CONTROLLER REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS VARIABLE FROM 110 TO 150 DEG. ON THE 4TH LANDING APCH, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AT APRX 50 FT AGL & THE ACFT DROPPED 25 TO 30 FT. THE STUDENT ADDED POWER & MAINTAINED CONTROL UNTIL HE FLARED FOR LANDING. THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST & BALLOONED, THEN LANDED HARD & BOUNCED. THE STUDENT RECOVERED & CONTINUED THE LANDING. WHEN THE NOSE WAS LOWERED AFTER TOUCHDOWN, IT CONTINUED TO SETTLE & THE PROPELLER & RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.