NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA95LA042
Registry · N6605P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 152
Year of manufacture
1981 · 14 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810403
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8B74E
Registrant of record
HILLSBORO AERO ACADEMY LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
THE PILOT MISJUDGING THE FLARE. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE TAILWIND.
Factual narrative
On January 22, 1995, at 1220 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 152, N6605P, was landed flat and the nose gear collapsed at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local solo instructional flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot was not injured. The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to practice touch and go landings. The pilot stated that the weather was rough and the first attempted landing resulted in a go-around. During the second attempt to land with a tailwind, the airplane's attitude was flat. The pilot stated that when she thought she should flare, she heard a noise and realized that it was the propeller hitting the runway. The nose of the airplane came up, then down and the nose gear collapsed. The pilot was landing on runway 13L, and the winds were reported from 320 to 330 degrees at five to ten knots. DURING A SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS LANDING THE AIRPLANE WITH A FIVE TO TEN KNOT TAILWIND. THE PILOT DID NOT FLARE THE AIRPLANE BEFORE TOUCH DOWN AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED FLAT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1995_SEA95LA042.txt.
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- NASA NTRS 2025 · Conference Paper
A Training Study to Improve Monitoring During A Go-Around
As part of an FAA program to improve go-around (GA) safety, we were asked to determine if we could improve the performance of the Pilot Monitoring (PM) during a GA maneuver.
- Flight Safety Foundation 2024 · FSF / AeroSafety World
Go-Around Safety Forum Findings
Foundation Go-Around Safety Forum technical findings — examines why pilots fail to execute go-arounds when criteria are met (stabilized approach gate not met, energy state out of envelope, traffic con…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 · Article (Journal of Safety Research)
Go-around accidents and general aviation safety.
INTRODUCTION Changes in General Aviation (GA) accident rates, specifically in the go-around phase, are examined by comparing the number of accidents, the proportion of fatal accidents, and the proport…
- Semantic Scholar 2021 · Article (Aerospace)
Classification and Analysis of Go-Arounds in Commercial Aviation Using ADS-B Data
Go-arounds are a necessary aspect of commercial aviation and are conducted after a landing attempt has been aborted. It is necessary to conduct go-arounds in the safest possible manner, as go-arounds …
- NASA NTRS 2021 · Accepted Manuscript (Version with final changes)
Go-Around Criteria Refinement for Transport Category Aircraft
Presently, airline pilots are trained to go around if, when lower than 500 ft above the ground, they are outside of a handful of parameters such as airspeed, position, and rate of descent.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Validation of Proposed Go-Around Criteria Under Various Environmental Conditions
This paper evaluates the effects of environmental conditions on touchdown performance under varying approach states and validates proposed go-around criteria developed using data from a previously con…
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