- Date
- May 29, 2002, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5224PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Miami FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020529010139A
- Case key
- 54874
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while attempting a touch and go landing resulted in an on-ground collision with a ditch. A factor in this accident was the student pilot's lack of experience.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated that he was performing a touch and go landing on runway 9. After the airplane touched down, the pilot applied full power for take-off. He noticed that the airplane was drifting towards the left, but was unable to maintain directional control. The student pilot pulled the power to idle to discontinue the take-off roll. The airplane continued off the runway surface, and collided with a ditch adjacent to the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed the right wing spar was bent 18 inches inboard from tip of the wing, the propeller was bent, the engine exhaust pipe was crushed, and the nose strut was bent 45 degrees to the right. Further inspection revealed that the firewall was buckled. The examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical or a component failure.
Factual narrative
On May 29, 2002, at 1230 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N5224P, registered to Comair Aviation Academy, Inc., and operated by a student pilot, collided with a ditch during a touch and go landing at Immokalee Airport, Immokalee, Florida. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the student pilot was not injured. The flight was departing Immokalee, Florida at the time of the accident.
The student pilot stated that he was performing a touch and go landing on runway 9. After the plane touched down, the pilot applied full power for take-off. He noticed that the airplane was drifting towards the left, but was unable to maintain directional control. The student pilot pulled the power lever to idle to discontinue the take-off roll. The airplane continued to roll off the runway surface, and collided with a ditch adjacent to the runway, where it came to rest.
Examination of the airplane revealed the right wing spar was bent 18 inches inboard from the wing tip, the propeller was bent, the engine exhaust pipe was crushed, and the nose strut was bent 45 degrees to the right. Further examination revealed that the engine firewall was buckled. The examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem or a component failure. The student pilot did not report a problem with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5224P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284897
- Airframe hours
- 10,886
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 Series, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Comair Aviation Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 2, 2002 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- IMM · Immokalee, FL
- Destination
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
- Airport
- IMM · Immokalee Airport, runway 9, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- KRSW, 20 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 379 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.