Cessna 152 N757GF

Summary

On 20 April 2006 at about 01:20 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N757GF, operated by KS Aviation, was involved in an accident near Merced, California, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

20 April 2006 at 01:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Merced, California, United States

Nearest airport

Merced Municipal (MCE)

Coordinates

37.2967, -120.5139

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N757GF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

KS Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Merced → Atwater

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06CA143

Nobody was injured.

the failure of the student and certified flight instructor to maintain directional control and obtain/maintain an adequate airspeed during the attempted go-around. The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight was also causal.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane settled to the ground during an attempted go-around from a bounced landing. The certified flight instructor (CFI) said that the accident occurred following the student's bounced landing on runway 30 and attempted go-around. The student applied full engine power, retracted the wing flaps to the 10-degree setting, turned the carburetor heat off, and lost directional control of the airplane. The CFI reported that the airplane yawed violently left, at which point he took the flight controls from his student while the airplane was still in ground effect. The CFI decided to continue the go-around procedure, but he was not able to salvage the maneuver, and the airplane continued a slow descent to the ground. The CFI further reported that the airplane touched down on the ground adjacent to the runway. Thereafter, directional control was lost and the airplane was substantially damaged when the left wing impacted the ground. At the time of the occurrence, the wind speed was 3 knots. The CFI had been a flight instructor for about 6 months prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.