- Date
- March 3, 1993, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- New Cumberland, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4705QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930303050899A
- Case key
- 11910
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the tailwind and the student 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
Upon touchdown on the assigned runway 30, the airplane started to veer right of the runway's centerline. The pilot stated that he input left rudder, but the airplane did not seem to respond. The airplane continued in the same direction until it departed the runway. The airplane's nose wheel encountered several inches of snow and the airplane subsequently nosed over. The winds at the time of the accident were reported to be coming from 070 at 5 knots. Several witnesses stated that the winds were at least 5 knots higher than what was officially being reported at the time of the accident. The owner/operator of the airplane stated in the recommendations section of the accident report, 'that control tower take necessary action to change landing (assigned) runway to coincide with wind direction.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4705Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285053
- Airframe hours
- 5,190
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Clark Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Clark Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1993 · 49 hours before
- Airport
- CXY · Capital City, runway 30, 3,895 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 63 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CXY, 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.
Other investigations on N4705Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.