# Accident 20011025029319A: Cessna 152, Marco Island, FL, October 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2001, 11:57 local time
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Airport: Marco Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XO4S
- Location: 25.9409° N, 81.7307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9409&lon=-81.7307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93455 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 44 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011025029319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT AKBARALY, DEPARTED NAPLES AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM LOCAL TIME IN CESSNA 152, REGISTRY N93455. HE FLEW DIRECTLY TO MARCO ISLAND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT TO ACCOMPLISH TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS TRAINING (SOLO). HE COMPLETED AN INITIAL LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 17. ON HIS SECOND APPROACH, MR. AKBARALY WAS OBSERVED BY ANOTHER STUDENT, MR. MORTON, ON A LONG FINAL (SOLO) APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 IN A CESSNA 172. HE WAS OBSERVED TO TURN IN FRONT OF THIS AIRCRAFT AND ROLL OUT LATE ON THE FINAL APPROACH LEG. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO BE WELL RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE. MR. MORTON OBSERVED MR. AKBARALY ATTEMPT TO ALIGN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE CENTERLINE AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED. THE CESSNA 152 LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED AN ADDITIONAL 540 FEET UNDER POWER, STRIKING A LIGHTED WINDSOCK MAST WITH THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED AN ADDITIONAL 78 FEET INTO A MARSH AREA, FLIPPING UPSIDE DOWN AND COMING TO FINAL REST AT APPROXIMATELY 11:57 AM LOCAL TIME. MR. AKBARALY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. IN EXPLANATION, MR. AKBARALY INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE RIGHT RUDDER CONTROL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER SYSTEM SHOWED NORMAL OPERATION COORDINATED WITH NOSE WHEEL STEERING. EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT TIRE RUT MARKS INDICATED CONTROL OVER RUDDER OPERATION IN TRANSITION FROM RUNWAY DEPARTURE TO FINAL RESTING-PLACE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE 4-KNOT CROSSWIND FROM DIRECTION OF 270 DEGREES WAS ATTRIBUTED TO BE NEGLIGIBLE IN AFFECTING THE AIRCRAFT OPERATION.                                                        (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING IN A SLIGHT CROSSWIND, AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CROSSWIND. HE TRIED TO COMPENSATE WITH THE OPPOSITE RUDDER, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO HEAD OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 17, STRUCK A WINDSOCK, ENTERED SANDY, SOFT, WET GROUND, UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL SUNK INTO MUD CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD ACCUMULATED ABOUT 40 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, ALL IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRCRAFT. THE WINDS AT AN AIRPORT, LOCATED ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF THE CRASH SITE WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FROM 240 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS.

## 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 MIA02LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA012), Oct 25, 2001: Cessna 152 (N93455), Marco Island, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway, impacting with a windsock, and nosing over in soft terrain.

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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