Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Meacham Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fort Worth, Texas 76106
Sunday, March 26, 1989 18:13 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE STUDENT PLT HAD 52 HRS OF DUAL FLT INSTRUCTION & 107 LANDINGS AT THE TIME OF HIS 1ST SUPERVISED SOLO ON 3/23/89. AFTER THAT, HE OBTAINED AN ADDITIONAL 8 HRS OF DUAL FLT TIME & 30 LANDINGS. EARLIER ON THE DAY OF THE ACDNT, HIS PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ADVISED HIM THAT THE WX CONDITIONS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT FOR HIS TRAINING & TO CHECK WITH HIM LATER IN THE DAY FOR ANOTHER EVALUATION OF THE WIND FOR A SOLO FLT. WHEN THE STUDENT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT HIS CFI, HE UTILIZED ANOTHER CFI FOR TRAINING. THEY MADE TWO TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS & ONE FULL STOP LANDING, THEN THIS CFI AUTHORIZED THE STUDENT TO MAKE A 2ND SOLO FLT. DRG THE NEXT LANDING (2ND SOLO FLT), THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 16R & BOUNCED; THE STUDENT HELD THE FLARE & CONTD THE LANDING. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY, THEN VEERED LEFT AND CROSSED A TWY & AN EMBANKMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT HIT A RAVINE/CULVERT & TREES. THE WIND WAS RPRTD FROM 130 DEG AT 13 KTS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE.CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE CFI, WHO AUTHORIZED THE 2ND SOLO FLIGHT IN UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS, THE CROSSWIND, THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, THE RAVINE (DITCH), AND THE TREES.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/26/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1813 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | FORT WORTH |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 76106 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | MEACHAM |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | FTW |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 710 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1852 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FTW |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 710 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 21 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 130 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 13 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1420 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 26 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1950 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 39719 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:31PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N45940 |
| NTSB Number | FTW89LA071 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 152 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 152 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15282951 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1670 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 10 1989 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 67 |
| Airframe Hours | 5422 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AERO PLANE SHOP, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | MEACHUM FIELD 13-S |
| Aircraft Owner City | FT. WORTH |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 76106 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | PEGASUS FLIGHT CENTER |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 239 MEACHUM FIELD TERMINAL BLD |
| Operator City | FORT WORTH |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 76106 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | FTW |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | FTW |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 16R |
| Runway Length | 4001 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |