# Accident 20020107038479A: Cessna 152, Clewiston, FL, January 7, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2002, 14:42 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Airglades Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7419° N, 81.0333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7419&lon=-81.0333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25441, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25441-2015-05-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 30 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020107038479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MS. FARREL-DOYLE STATED SHE IS A STUDENT PILOT WITH 40 HOURS. SHE WAS CONDUCTING A 14 CFR PART 91 SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LANTANA, FL (KLNA) TO AIRGLADES AIRPORT (K2IS) LOCATED IN CLEWISTON, FL. SHE FILED A VFR FLIGHT PLAN AND OBTAINED A FULL WEATHER BRIEFING FROM AN FAA AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION BEFORE ON THE VFR FLIGHT AT 1345 EST. WHILE ON THE FLIGHT SHE ENCOUNTERED SOME BAD WEATHER CONSISTING OF BLACK CLOUDS AND TURBULENCE IN THE VICINITY OF CLEWISTON, FL. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS LANDING TO RUNWAY 31 AT 2IS BUT IN FACT MADE AN APPROACH TO A CLOSED AIRPORT. WHILE LANDING SHE ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WENT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY 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 ATL02LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA034), Jan 7, 2002: Cessna 152 (N25441), Clewiston, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for wind, and failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was a crosswind.

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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