What happened
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(-23) Pilot lost control of aircraft on attempted touch and go. Pilot said he thought he felt a crosswind and corrected for it. Aircraft departed runway surface and impacted in a ditch alongside of runway. Aircraft substantially damaged. Firewall buckled by nose landing gear, right wing spar damaged. (.19) on may 29, 2002, at 1400 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N5224P, registered to and owned by comair aviation academy, inc., and operated by a student pilot, slid into a ditch and collided with the ground during landing at Immokalee airport in Immokalee, Florida. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of title 14 CFR part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the student pilot was not injured. The flight departed Immokalee, Florida, at an unknown time. The student pilot stated that during the landing he felt a crosswind and attempted corrected for it. After touchdown, the airplane subsequently departed the runway surface and collided with a ditch adjacent to the runway. Examination of the ai rplane at the accident site revealed buckling of the firewall near the nose landing gear, nose strut damage, a bent propeller blade, spar damage to the right wing, a broken engine mount, and suspected rudder control system damage.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON ATTEMPTED TOUCH AND GO. PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT HE FELT A CROSSWIND AND CORRECTED FOR IT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY SURFACE AND IMPACTED IN A DITCH ALONGSIDE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. FIREWALL BUCKLED BY NOSE LANDING GEAR, RIGHT WING SPAR DAMAGED. (.19) ON MAY 29, 2002, AT 1400 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N5224P, REGISTERED TO AND OWNED BY COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY, INC., AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT, SLID INTO A DITCH AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING LANDING AT IMMOKALEE AIRPORT IN IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING HE FELT A CROSSWIND AND ATTEMPTED CORRECTED FOR IT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE AI RPLANE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED BUCKLING OF THE FIREWALL NEAR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, NOSE STRUT DAMAGE, A BENT PROPELLER BLADE, SPAR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, A BROKEN ENGINE MOUNT, AND SUSPECTED RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM DAMAGE.
NTSB investigation
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