- Date
- February 5, 1993, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fuquay-Varina, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49945Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930205003349A
- Case key
- 8728
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to judge a proper touchdown point, and his failure to maintain directional control after landing. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 student pilot was attempting his fourth solo landing of the day. The aircraft landed about 83 feet short of the runway, left of centerline, and 5 degrees left of runway heading. The student was unable to correct back to the runway, and the aircraft collided with a runway light and a dirt bank before nosing down. The pilot's instructor was monitoring the flight and confirmed that the aircraft veered to the left of the runway after touchdown. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the aircraft prior to the accident. The student had logged about 21 hours total time, including about 1 hour solo time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49945
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281408
- Airframe hours
- 1,829
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ron'S Aircraft Service
- Registered owner
- Canup, Clyde W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 24, 1992 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- 5W5
- Destination
- 5W5
- Airport
- 5W5 · Triple W Airpark, runway 34, 3,004 × 70 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 16 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.