Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary CHI84LA240

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, USA

Aircraft #1

N93023

CESSNA 152

Analysis

PLT STATED AIRSPEED APPEARED TOO FAST ON FINAL SO A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. POWER WAS ADVANCED AND PLT RAISED THE FLAPS WHICH WERE FULL DOWN. PLT STATED, WHEN FLAPS CAME UP THE ACFT STARTED SINKING AND IT SETTLED INTO TREES OFF THE END OF RWY. PLT STATED ACFT DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO CLEAR THE TREES. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES. THE PLT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO FLY THE ACFT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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