# Incident 20230426013559I: Cessna C-152, Monongahela, PA, April 26, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2023, 12:18 local time
- Place: Monongahela, PA
- Airport: Rostraver
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2097° N, 79.8314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSTRAVER (FWQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2097&lon=-79.8314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5355P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5355P) (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 C-152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 5 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230426013559I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO WHEN HE OVER CORRECTED RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, OVER A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND HIT THE TAXIWAY SIGN ABOUT 1400 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES.  ASI WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT TEST AT THE SAME AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND WAS ABLE TO INTERVIEW THE STUDENT AND CFI.

## Other reports on N5355P (2)

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

- [Accident 19840222004279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840222004279A), Feb 22, 1984: Cessna 152 (N5355P), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear.
- [Accident 19810711041429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810711041429A), Jul 11, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5355P), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Ballooned on high leveloff, then hit runway nose wheel first, collapsing same and ground-looping aircraft.

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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