# Accident 20160701012879A: Cessna 152, July 1, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Airport: Augusta State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3206° N, 69.7972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3206&lon=-69.7972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4916B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4916B-2020-02-24) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 99 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA303) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160701012879A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST CHECK RIDE WITH THE DPE.  ON APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17, STUDENT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD LANDING. DURING LANDING THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE DPE TO TAKE CONTROL AND INITIATE THE GO AROUND.

THE STUDENT PILOT TOOK BACK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETED THE GO AROUND PERFORMING ANOTHER SHORT FIELD LANDING TO A FULL STOP.

REPORTED WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS CLEAR AND WINDS CALM.

NEITHER STUDENT PILOT OR DPE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT.

DPE STATED THAT HE HAD TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE STUDENT GETTING BEHIND THE PLANE AND HE WAS AWARE THAT THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND

## 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 ERA16CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA303), Jul 1, 2016: Cessna 152G (N4916B), Augusta, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for the gusting wind conditions during a short-field landing and the designated pilot examiner's delayed remedial action, which resulted in the wing tip contacting…

## Other reports on N4916B (2)

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

- [Accident 20190414002799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190414002799A), Apr 14, 2019: Cessna 152 (N4916B), Bangor, ME, Substantial damage. C-152 N4916B was involved in a hard landing and subsequent bounce that was not recovered from. This resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft.
- [Incident 19951031043669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951031043669I), Oct 31, 1995: Cessna 152 (N4916B), Bangor, ME, Minor damage. Narrative: on October 31, 1995, Mr. John o'dea, pilot-in-command of Cessna 152, N4916B, bounced on landing in Bangor, Maine. The aircraft nosed over and…

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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