# Accident 19991201045089A: Cessna 152, Orlando, FL, December 1, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7806° N, 81.2700° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7806&lon=-81.2700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46946, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46946-2008-03-24) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 587 total, 207 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991201045089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1 DECEMBER 1999, AT 13:30 EST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HOLDER F PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY D^WAS GIVING DURLA INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^INA COMAIR CESSNA 152, N46946. THE DUAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT, SANFORD, FLORIDA. ON THE SECOND LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY ^EXECUTED THE APPROACH IN A CROSS WIND TO RUNWAY 9C. ON ROUNDING OUT INTO THE LANDING, THE PILOTS LOST CONTROL OF THE A/C IN THE CROSS WIND AND DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (.4)THE CFI STATED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 09C, WITH A 10 KNOT WIND FROM 020 DEGREES, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED INTO THE GRASS.  THE STUDENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO-AROUND WHEN THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA036), Dec 1, 1999: Cessna 152 (N46946), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate supervision of the student pilot by the pilot-in-command (CFI) for his failure to take the controls from the student and initiate a go-around earlier following the airplane drifting…

## Other reports on N46946 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960719023689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719023689I), Jul 19, 1996: Cessna 152 (N46946), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 19, 1996, at 19:00 EDT, Mr. Munaf I. Dhanani, holder of student pilot certificate no. ZZ-239624, made a hard landing at the orlando Sanford…

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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