# Accident 20010129002199A: Cessna 152, New Smyrna Beac, FL, January 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2001, 11:25 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: Massey Ranch Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9801° N, 80.9198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9801&lon=-80.9198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152DF-2008-01-23) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010129002199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, A STUDENT PILOT, WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE FOURTH PRACTICE LANDING, THE PLANE YAWED INTO THE CROSSWIND COMING FROM THE LEFT. THE PILOT COULD NOT REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO STRAIGHTEN THE PLANE BEFORE THE TIRES MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. THIS AREA SLOPES DOWNWARD THEN UPWARD BEFORE BECOMING LEVEL. WHILE ROLLING UPSLOPE THE NOSE GEAR, ITS SUPPORT STRUT, ONE PROPELLER BLADE, AND THE FIREWALL WERE DAMAGED WHEN THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE TURF NEAR THE TOP OF THE SLOPE; THEN THE PLANE BECAME AIRBORNE. IT STRUCK GROUND SPINNER FIRST; THEN ROTATED LEFT STRIKING THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND TIP. THE PLANE THEN ROTATED ONTO ITS LANDING GEAR IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. (.4) ON JANUARY 29, 2001, AT ABOUT 1125 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N152DF, REGISTERED TO INTERNATIONAL WINGS, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT CRASHED ON LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK, EDGEWATER, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STUDENT      PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK ABOUT 25 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE HAD BEEN CONDUCTING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS WITH A CROSSWIND. ON TOUCHDOWN HE TOOK OUT THE CROSSWIND CORRECTION. THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, COLLIDED WITH A RIDGE, BECAME AIRBORNE, AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE.

## 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 MIA01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA068), Jan 29, 2001: Cessna 152 (N152DF), Edgewater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout with a crosswind. This resulted in the airplane departing the runway, colliding with a berm/ridge, becoming airborne,…

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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