- Date
- November 7, 1987, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Hudson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N46065Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871107062359A
- Case key
- 14012
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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 on his first solo flight. Before turning onto final approach to land, he noticed another aircraft ahead, already on final approach. The student decided to s-turn for spacing, but while maneuvering, altitude was lost. Subsequently, he saw trees ahead, applied power & initiated a climb attitude to clear the trees. However, the landing gear hit a tree branch & subsequently the aircraft crashed about 100' from the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46065
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282992
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Omni Aviation & Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Y45
- Destination
- Y45
- Airport
- Y47 · New Hudson, runway 25, 3,015 × 50 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 20 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.