# Accident 20160817023079A: Cessna 152, Newnan, GA, August 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2016, 09:15 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3114° N, 84.7697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3114&lon=-84.7697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5250B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5250B-2016-11-28) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160817023079A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA16CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA294), Aug 17, 2016: Cessna 152 (N5250B), Newnan, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper decision to land long and maintain excessive speed during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's decision to maintain full flaps and aft…

## Other reports on N5250B (2)

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

- [Incident 20021102030939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021102030939I), Nov 2, 2002: Cessna 152 (N5250B), Opelika, AL. (-23) On November 2, 2002, at 1300 CST, a CE-152, N5252B operated by Mr. Wint, made an emergency landing on highway 431 north of oppelika, Alabama. Visual…
- [Incident 19820502022739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502022739I), May 2, 1982: Cessna 152 (N5250B), Martinsburg, WV, Minor damage. Wind picked up for solo student's landing. Ran off runway, no damage. Damaged propeller returning to raised runway.

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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