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.
On August 17, 2016, at approximately 0915 Cessna aircraft, model 152, N5250B, serial number 15283816, a student pilot was attempting a landing at Newnan-Coweta county (cco), Georgia. The student pilot stated he landed midfield and had trouble with steering and brakes, went off the right side of the runway knocked out a taxi light continue down an embankment coming to rest upside down approximately fifty feet below the runway elevation.
As the FAA filed it
ON AUGUST 17, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 CESSNA AIRCRAFT, MODEL 152, N5250B, SERIAL NUMBER 15283816, A STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT NEWNAN-COWETA COUNTY (CCO), GEORGIA. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE LANDED MIDFIELD AND HAD TROUBLE WITH STEERING AND BRAKES, WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY KNOCKED OUT A TAXI LIGHT CONTINUE DOWN AN EMBANKMENT COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET BELOW THE RUNWAY ELEVATION.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.