- Date
- August 18, 1992, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- New Bern, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5415JCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920818032139A
- Case key
- 8648
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience and the crosswind conditions at the airport.
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.
Analysis
The 21-hour student pilot was preparing to land on runway 22. Surface winds were from 360 at 5 knots, and the pilot reported that he was crabbing for crosswinds. Touchdown was uneventful, however the aircraft veered to the left during the landing roll. Opposite rudder did not correct the situation, so he elected to go around. As he attempted to go around, the left main gear rolled into muddy grass. The aircraft pulled hard to the left, and collided with a drainage ditch. No mechanical problems were reported with the aircraft. The pilot had accumulated 0.8 hours as pilot-in-command.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5415J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273785
- Airframe hours
- 4,980
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air East, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air East, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 21, 1992 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- EWN
- Destination
- EWN
- Airport
- EWN · Craven County, runway 22, 4,804 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.