# Incident 20010326017539I: Cessna 152, Kissimmee, FL, March 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2001, 11:25 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5172B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5172B-2006-12-27) (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: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010326017539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 26 MARCH 2001 AT 10:57 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, MR. MARK S. HAWKS, HOLDER OF STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1693310, WAS FLYING A CESSNA 152, N5172B AT THE KISSIMMEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA. MR. HAWKS WAS FLYING ON HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT PRACTICING IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN.  MR. HAWKS WAS EXECUTING A LANDING TO A FULL STOP WHEN THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED HIM TO EXPEDITE HIS DEPARTURE OF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING.  MR. HAWKS ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AS INSTRUCTED WITH TOO MUCH SPEED.  THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL CAUSING THE LEFT LEADING EDGE OF THE WING TO STRIKE A RUNWAY SIGN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. MR. HAWKS WAS COUNSELLED BY HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. JOSE R. ALONSO, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 596147762.  MR. ALONSO WILL CONDUCT LEAST TWO HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION BEFORE ALLOWING MR. HAWKS TO CONDUCT FURTHER SOLO FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

## Other reports on N5172B (1)

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

- [Accident 20030909031169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030909031169A), Sep 9, 2003: Cessna 152 (N5172B), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) After takeoff, during climb at an altitude of 200 to 300 feet, the student pilot on his second solo flight reported that the engine began to sputter and…

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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