Cessna 152 accident near Roswell, NM
On March 25, 2000, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Roswell, NM. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 25, 2000
- Place
- Roswell, NM
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.640°N, 104.380°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20610
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 25, 2000, at 1127 mountain standard time, a Cessna 152, N6251B, was destroyed when it impacted terrain while maneuvering near Roswell, New Mexico. The student pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane, was fatally injured. Greater Southwest Aviation, Inc., of Roswell, New Mexico, was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local solo instructional flight that originated approximately 25 minutes before the accident. No flight plan had been filed. According to the pilot's flight instructor, he flew with the student pilot in the late afternoon, on March 24, 1999, and she practiced slow flight and stalls. On the morning of March 25, 1999, another Greater Southwest Aviation student flew the airplane and he reported that it "flew well." The airplane was then "topped off" with 12.7 gallons of fuel. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control tower recordings, the student was instructed to taxi to taxiway "D," but instead, she taxied to taxiway "E." The tower control then gave her new instructions on how to get to the active runway and cleared her for takeoff. The FAA recording further documented that the student pilot performed three consecutive touch-and-go landings before requesting a departure "north over the city" at 1119. FAA radar data indicates that the pilot flew north over Roswell at approximately 1,500 feet above ground level (agl) between 90 and 95 knots. The student flew north by her home, horizontally approximately 3,000 feet from it, and reduced her grou
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the pilot's diverted attention to over flying her residence.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
