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Cessna 152 N49189

18 September 2005 · Olympia, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 September 2005 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N49189 was involved in an accident near Olympia, Washington, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 21:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Olympia Airport (OLM)
Coordinates
46.9706, -122.9022
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N49189
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Tacoma → Olympia
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA05LA196

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's loss of aircraft control during landing roll, and airplane's subsequent inadvertent ground loop.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing on runway 35 and his airspeed was "about 60 mph" as opposed to the desired 50 mph. He said that he touched down left of the centerline and was attempting to manipulate the airplane back to centerline. He said that a gust of wind came from the left, and that along with his "over correction back to centerline" caused the left wing to rise up. Subsequently the right tire "blew out", the right wing contacted the runway, and the airplane "spun 180 degrees." The right wing tip was bent and wrinkled. The pilot had received his tailwheel endorsement on August 8, 2005. The Olympia Airport, Olympia, Washington, weather at 1254 reported the wind to be variable at 3 knots; the wind at 1354 was calm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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