# Accident 20010702017769A: Cessna 152, Manassas, VA, July 2, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2001, 19:38 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7230° N, 77.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7230&lon=-77.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5286P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5286P) (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
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702017769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT FIRST SOLO, WENT AROUND RUNWAY 34L 2 TIMES, THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAND, HARD LANDING, PORPOISED, HIT NOSE, BLEW TIRE, WENT OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, DUG INTO MUD, FLIPPED OVER. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO STUDENT PILOT.

## 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 NYC01LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA161), Jul 2, 2001: Cessna 152 (N5286P), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of control of the airplane after bouncing the landing. A factor in the accident was her heightened anxiety over making her first solo landing.

## Other reports on N5286P (1)

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

- [Accident 19870513013149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870513013149A), May 13, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5286P), Waukesha, WI, Substantial damage. Student landed aircraft hard in a crab. The nose gear failed and the aircraft departed the side of the runway.

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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