# Accident 20040506018259A: Cessna 152, Pottstown, PA, May 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Limerick Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2394° N, 75.5567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2394&lon=-75.5567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94577, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94577) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 65 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040506018259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE APPROACHING RUNWAY 28 FOR LANDING. AS THEY CROSSED OVER THE THRESHOLD, THE PLANE WEAS SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO USE RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT FOR THE CENTERLINE DEVIATION INSTEAD OF USING RIGHT AILERON. THE STUDENT PILOT OVERCORRECTED WITH THE RUDDER, WHICH PUT THE PLANE ALMOST PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. THE CFI REACTED BY STEPPING ON THE LEFT RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE NOSE IN ORDER TO GET THE PLANE PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT, THE PLANE WAS FARTHER LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE ROLL BAR ON A TRACTOR THAT WAS MOWING THE LAWN RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY BUT THE WING SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGES TO THE LEADING EDGE AND UNDERSIDE OF THE WING.

## 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 NYC04CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA121), May 6, 2004: Cessna 152 (N94577), Pottstown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

## Other reports on N94577 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860502015759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860502015759A), May 2, 1986: Cessna 152 (N94577), Pittstown, NJ, Substantial damage. Windshear on final. Hard landing. Folded nose gear. Dug into turf. Nosed over. CFI failed to act timely recovery.

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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