- Date
- May 16, 1994, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Andrews, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N211SPCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940516011059A
- Case key
- 3386
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during a go-around attempt, he lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway, hit a ditch, and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On May 16, 1994, about 1700 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N211SP was substantially damaged following a nose over after landing at Andrews, South Carolina. The student pilot was not injured in the accident. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight. The flight departed Georgetown, South Carolina at 1645.
The pilot stated that during a cross wind landing, he lost control of the aircraft, attempted a go-around, ran off the left side of the runway, hit a ditch, and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211SP
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280498
- Airframe hours
- 7,361
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Burke, Joel
- Registered owner
- Georgetown Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1994 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- GGE · Georgetown, SC
- Airport
- PHH · Andrews Municipal, runway 36, 3,000 × 100 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 51 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRE, 40 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.
Other investigations on N211SP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.