20091204857369I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · West Palm Beach, FL · December 4, 2009

Date
December 4, 2009 · 11:15 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6641H
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
290 total170 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot on a presolo flight test during landing flare yanked the flight control too fast at low speed stalling the aircraft. The flight instructor did not timely recover from this unusual attitude allowing the aircraft to crash on the runway. No injuries reported. Flight intructor competence and experience, newly certificated and new to the student that was due for a pre solo test were contributing factors to the accident. This instructor was temporarily substituting the original one that could not attend the lesson.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON A PRESOLO FLIGHT TEST DURING LANDING FLARE YANKED THE FLIGHT CONTROL TOO FAST AT LOW SPEED STALLING THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DID NOT TIMELY RECOVER FROM THIS UNUSUAL ATTITUDE ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH ON THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. FLIGHT INTRUCTOR COMPETENCE AND EXPERIENCE, NEWLY CERTIFICATED AND NEW TO THE STUDENT THAT WAS DUE FOR A PRE SOLO TEST WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT. THIS INSTRUCTOR WAS TEMPORARILY SUBSTITUTING THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT COULD NOT ATTEND THE LESSON.