ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363394
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| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1992 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Dodgen Aircraft |
| Registration: | N714WT |
| MSN: | 15279496 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5971 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East Tawas, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Traverse City, MI (TVC |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED SHE WAS AWARE OF THE CROSSWIND CONDITION WHICH EXISTED DURING THE LANDING AND WAS COMPENSATING BY CRABBING THE AIRPLANE. SHE STATED THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND DURING THE FLARE AS THE AIRPLANE SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY ON THE MAIN GEAR. IT THEN BOUNCED AND SETTLED AGAIN ON THE NOSE GEAR WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE THEN VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS AND FAILURE TO PROPERLY FLARE THE AIRPLANE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE CROSSWIND CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI92LA191
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 16:50 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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