# Accident 20020726015959A: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, July 26, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 26, 2002, 10:00 local time - Place: Miami, FL - Airport: Opa Locka West Aprt - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 25.9489° N, 80.4233° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9489&lon=-80.4233&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4893H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4893H-2013-03-18) (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: 9 total, 9 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA141) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726015959A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING FIRST SOLO LANDING ATTEMPT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN IN SHALLOW RAVINE. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (.19) ON JULY 26, 2002, ABOUT 0810 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N4893H, REGISTERED TO BROWARD AVIATION, INC., OPERATED BY BLACK PILOTS OF AMERICA SUMMER FLIGHT ACADEMY, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH, AND THEN NOSED OVER, AT THE OPA-LOCKA WEST AIRPORT, HIALEAH, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT LAST DEPARTED THE OPA-LOCKA WEST AIRPORT ABOUT 5 MINUTES EARLIER. THE FLIGHT INITIALLY DEPARTED THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, WITH A STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ON BOARD, THEN PROCEEDED TO THE OPA-LOCKA WEST AIRPORT WHERE THE STUDENT PERFORMED TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. THE CFI THEN DEPLANED AND THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED ON A SOLO FLIGHT WHICH REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN . THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH, THEN NOSED OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. (.4) ON JULY 26, 2002, ABOUT 0810 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N4893H, REGISTERED TO BROWARD AVIATION, INC., OPERATED BY BLACK PILOTS OF AMERICA SUMMER FLIGHT ACADEMY, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH, AND THEN NOSED OVER, AT THE OPA-LOCKA WEST AIRPORT, HIALEAH, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT LAST DEPARTED THE OPA-LOCKA WEST AIRPORT ABOUT 5 MINUTES EARLIER. THE FLIGHT INITIALLY DEPARTED THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, WITH A STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ON BOARD, THEN PROCEEDED TO THE OPA-LOCKA WEST AIRPORT WHERE THE STUDENT PERFORMED TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. THE CFI THEN DEPLANED AND THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED ON A SOLO FLIGHT REMAINING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE STUDENT PILOT LATER REPORTED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE LET THE AIRPLANE ROLL BEFORE ADDING POWER. HE THEN "SLOWLY" ADDED POWER AND AS THE POWER INCREASED, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER INPUT BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. HE REDUCED THE POWER AFTER RECOGNIZING THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS DEPARTING THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED INTO A DITCH AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT'S CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT REPORTED SEEING THE PILOT LAND THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND HE "GREASED IT ON." SHE THEN NOTED THAT THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT ONTO GRASS AND INTO A DITCH WHERE THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. ## 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 MIA02LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA141), Jul 26, 2002: Cessna 152 (N4893H), Hialeah, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll resulting in the on-ground collision with a ditch and subsequent nose over of the airplane. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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