# Incident 19990708018799I: Cessna 152, West Palm Beach, FL, July 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1999, 15:08 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25292, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25292-2007-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990708018799I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5)ON THURSDAY 8, JULY, 1999, AT 15:08 EDT, MS. NADIA B. HILLMAN, HOLDER OF STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. EE2585607, WAS FLYING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, ORLANDO, FLORIDA TO STUART WHITHAM AIRPORT, STUART, FLORIDA. MS. HILLMAN WAS FLYING A CESSNA 152, N25292, OWNED BY AIRLINE TRAINING ACADEMY (ATA).  ENROUTE, MS. HILLMAN BECAME MISORIENTED IN HER VISUAL NAVIGATION, PASSED STUART WHITHAM AIRPORT AND PROCEDED TO THE SOUTH AND ENTERED INTO WEST PALM BEACH CLASS C AIRSPACE.  ATTEMPTING, UNSUCCESSFULLY, TO CONTACT THE TOWER USING THE STUART AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) FREQUENCY, THE PILOT RECEIVED LIGHT GUN SIGNALS FROM THE WEST PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL ATCT AND LANDED ON THE TAXIWAY NEXT TO RUNWAY 27R.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDTIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE DEVIATION.  THIS SITUATION WAS DISCUSSED WITH MS. HILLMAN'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MS. DENISE SHEA.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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