- Date
- September 30, 1988, 12:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Conway, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95156Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7817
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Rudder - improper use ofCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The student pilot was conducting his first SOL0 flight, when he lost directional control and collided with three parked airplanes. The student said that his right foot slipped off the rudder pedal; attempts to recover failed. The pilot did not report any airplane malfunctions prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95156
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285610
- Airframe hours
- 3,403
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Naia
- Registered owner
- N. Amer. Inst. Of Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 26, 1988 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- HYW · Conway/Horry, runway 4, 4,400 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYR