- Date
- June 23, 1990, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48741Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900623021969A
- Case key
- 11604
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft and his improper use of the throttle control. Contributing to the accident was the student'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 plt was on his first solo flight. He was practicing landings to a full stop. The flt was on the second landing when the accident occurred. According to the plt, the landing was on the first third of the rwy. He stated that when the acft bounced on touch down. He applied power to recover, and when the acft touched down again, it swerved left and went off the side of the rwy. The plt stated he forgot to reduce power. The acft traveled about 1000 ft and collided with three parked acft. The plt reported no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48741
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280948
- Airframe hours
- 4,052
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blue Sky Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 27, 1990 · 43 hours before
- Airport
- W32 · Washington Exe/Hyde Field, runway 23, 2,820 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.