- Date
- March 27, 1993, 19:15 local (Mar 28, 1993, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Revere, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N761XACessna A152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930327007009A
- Case key
- 11872
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Probable cause
The CFI failed to adequately supervise the operation. Related factors were dark night, lost/disorientation of the pilot, and her lack of experience in type of operation (night flying).
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 returning at night on the last leg of her long solo cross country. According to the FAA, the pilot departed lancaster airport at 1758 EST and had received a preflight briefing that indicated flight precautions for IFR conditions. The instructor reported that the original trip planned by the student was cancelled due to IFR conditions on that route. She changed her route and as instructed, she called him from lancaster and reported her location. She also advised him that the weather was VFR for her return trip. The instructor stated that he told the student that if any uncertainty existed once she became airborne, she should land. Radar data obtained from the FAA showed the airplane at 900 feet making several turns. According to witnesses the airplane was seen through the fog and drizzle circling the area. The airplane collided with trees in a heavily wooded area and then became inverted. Examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761XA
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520993
- Airframe hours
- 6,344
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Royal Karina Air Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Royal Karina Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 3, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- LNS · Lancaster, PA
- Destination
- N40 · Pittstown, NJ
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 75 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABE, 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.