ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367884
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1989 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuller Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N69169 |
| MSN: | 15282523 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sterling, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| (3B3) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT IN THE CESSNA 152, RETURNED FOR LANDING. HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 WITH A VARIABLE CROSSWIND FROM 340-250 DEGREES AT 10-15 KNOTS. HE SAID HE HAD LANDING FLAPS (30 DEGREES) AND THEN STARTED TO DRIFT RIGHT. HE SAID HE ADDED FULL POWER FOR A GO AROUND, TRIED TO RETRACT THE WING FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES, HOWEVER, THEY CAME UP ALL THE WAY AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, STRIKING THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.
Probable Cause: INFLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO INADVERTENT RETRACTION OF THE WING FLAPS DURING A GO AROUND.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC90LA006
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 19:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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