# Accident 20190408002619A: Cessna 152, Lititz, PA, April 8, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2019, 09:32 local time
- Place: Lititz, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1189° N, 76.2994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1189&lon=-76.2994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68727, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68727-2020-08-07) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 57 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19CA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190408002619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S IN A CESSNA 152 ON RUNWAY 13 AT KLNS FROM ABOUT 8 A.M. TO 9:30 A.M. ON APRIL 8, 2019. ON HIS EIGHTH TOUCH AND GO HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION BY ATC. THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE RETRACTED FLAPS TO 0 DEGREES AND PUSHED IN FULL POWER ON THE THROTTLE TO TAKE OFF. AS SOON AS THE PLANE POWERED UP IT DRIFTED HARD TO THE LEFT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO USE RIGHT RUDDER TO COMPENSATE BUT FAILED. THE PLANE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, CRASHED INTO A RUNWAY MARKER, AND STOPPED NOSE DOWN IN THE GRASS.

## 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 ERA19CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19CA148), Apr 8, 2019: Cessna 152 (N68727), Lancaster, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a runway marker.

## Other reports on N68727 (3)

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

- [Accident 20061027031279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061027031279A), Oct 27, 2006: Cessna 152 (N68727), Lancaster, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot, on his first solo flight, failed to flare during landing on rwy 13 at Lancaster county airport (klns). The aircraft touched down heavy…
- [Incident 19980519019589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980519019589I), May 19, 1998: Cessna 152 (N68727), Freehold, NY, Minor damage. Distracted landing by a deer and geese. Landed hard. Bounced came down on nose. Bent prop.
- [Incident 19830617041519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830617041519I), Jun 17, 1983: Cessna 152 (N68727), Delanson, NY, Minor damage. Student landed long and ran off the end of the 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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