# Incident 20091204857369I: Cessna 152, West Palm Beach, FL, December 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2009, 11:15 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6641H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6641H-2021-12-04) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 170 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091204857369I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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