- Date
- March 16, 2003, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N762JSCessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FSDO-11 Atlanta
- FAA report
- 20030316005029A
- Case key
- 56673
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll that resulted in a nose over after the airplane departed the runway surface. A factor is muddy terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the safety pilot, the purpose of the flight was for recency of experience for the private pilot. After departing runway 13, the flight remained in right hand traffic for landings. The safety pilot reported that the touchdown was normal but the airplane did bounce and became airborne again. The safety pilot further stated that the second touchdown "side loaded" the right main landing gear. Efforts by the pilot to regain control of the airplane failed. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway, into mud, and flipped inverted. The pilots did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane during the attempted landing. The prevailing winds at the time of the accident were 140 degrees at 5 knots.
Factual narrative
On March 16, 2003 at 1530 eastern standard time a Cessna A152, N762JS, registered to and operated by a private owner, veered off the left side of runway 13 and flipped over during an attempted landing at Falcon Field, Peachtree City, Georgia. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and safety pilot/certified flight instructor were not injured. The flight departed Peachtree City, Georgia, at 1520 on March 16, 2003.
According to the safety pilot, the purpose of the flight was for recency of experience training for the private pilot. After departing runway 13, the flight remained in right hand traffic for landings. The safety pilot reported that the touchdown was normal but the airplane did bounce and became airborne again. The safety pilot further stated that the second touchdown "side loaded" the right main landing gear. Efforts by the pilot to regain control of the airplane failed. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway, into mud, and flipped inverted.
The pilots did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane during the attempted landing. The prevailing winds at the time of the accident were 140 degrees at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N762JS
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A152097
- Airframe hours
- 1,229
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 2002 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- KFFC · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- KFFC · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- FFC · Falcon Field, runway 13, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 75 in this make and model · 55 as pilot in command · 0 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2002
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 200 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KFFC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.