# Accident 20020529010139A: Cessna 152, Immokalee, FL, May 29, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2002
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 26.4331° N, 81.4017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4331&lon=-81.4017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5224P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5224P-2013-04-02) (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 ATL02LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020529010139A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 ATL02LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA118), May 29, 2002: Cessna 152 (N5224P), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while attempting a touch and go landing resulted in an on-ground collision with a ditch. A factor in this accident was the student pilot's…

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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