# NTSB ATL05CA070: Cessna 152, N714TK, Goose Creek, NC, March 30, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 30, 2005, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC) - Place: Goose Creek, NC - Coordinates: 35.120834, -80.587219 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1208&lon=-80.5872&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Charlotte FSDO-33 - NTSB case key (mKey): 61262 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL05CA070 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61262/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA070 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain direction control, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with a berm. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown - terrain condition - berm (contributing factor) ## Analysis According to the pilot, while returning from a cross-country flight, he established an approach to runway 4 at Goose Creek Airport for a full-stop landing. During the landing roll, the airplane veered off the right side of runway 4 and collided with a berm. The pilot did not report any mechanical or flight control malfunctions prior to the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed that the airplane came to rest approximately 1800 feet from the approach end of runway 4. The right stabilizer was broken off from the empennage. The right wing tip was buckled, and the nose wheel was buckled under the fuselage. ## Factual narrative On March 30, 2005 at 1615 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N714TK, registered to and operated by Long Aviation collided with a berm at Goose Creek Airport, North Carolina. The training flight was operated under the provision of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual Meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot was uninjured. The flight departed Monroe, North Carolina March 30, 2005 at 1600. According to the pilot, while returning from a cross-country flight, he established an approached to runway 4 at Goose Creek Airport for a full-stop landing. During the landing roll, the airplane veered off the right side of the runway 4 and collided with a berm. The pilot did not report any mechanical or flight control malfunction prior to the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed that the airplane came to rest approximately 1800 feet from the approach end of runway 4. The right stabilizer was broken off from the empennage. The right wing tip was buckled, and the nose wheel was buckled under the fuselage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N714TK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714TK-2009-06-12), registration cancelled 2009-06-12, S/N 15279418, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15279418 - Airframe hours: 8000 - Engines: Lycoming O-235 115 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Johnthan C Long - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 25, 2005, 8 hours before - Departed: EQY, INDIAN TRAIL, NC - Destination: 28A, INDIAN TRAIL, NC - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 28A, Goose Creek, runway 4, 2,350 × 35 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 34; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 29.94 inHg - Observed at: EQY ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050330005969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050330005969A), Mar 30, 2005: Cessna 152, Indian Trail, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot was returning to home airport after completing a 3.6 hour solo cross-country. The student pilot noticed there was a slight crosswind from… From the NTSB's public API. 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