# Accident 20220327004349A: Cessna 152, Anchorage, AK, March 27, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2022, 16:47 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2158° N, 149.8419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2158&lon=-149.8419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915AA) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 509 total, 47 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC22LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220327004349A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 27, 2022 STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE SCHEDULED FOR APPROACH AND DEPARTURE PROCEDURES AT MERRILL FIELD (MRI). PRIOR TO INSTRUCTOR PILOT ARRIVAL, STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED A SOLO LANDING PRIOR TO THE LESSON START.  DURING INSTRUCTION, STUDENT PILOT PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO SUCCESSFULLY.  DURING LANDING APPROACH NUMBER TWO, CFI NOTED THAT STUDENT PILOT WAS SLOW INTO THE APPROACH AND LOSING ALTITUDE.  CFI TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND NOSED AIRCRAFT TOWARDS GROUND TO GAIN AIRSPEED BUT THROTTLE WAS NOT ADVANCED.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 25 AT MRI.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND APPROXIMATELY 30 YARD FROM RUNWAY AND ROLLED OVER NOSE.

## 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 ANC22LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA026), Mar 28, 2022: Cessna 152 (N915AA), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to adequately monitor the student pilot which resulted in an impact with terrain and a nose-over.

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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