- Date
- February 21, 1990, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Garrett, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757RNCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900221002539A
- Case key
- 14636
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control which resulted in a ground swerve. The crosswind and soft runway were related factors.
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 solo student pilot stated that just after the acft touched down on the damp, turf runway, the aircraft veered off the left side and onto a newly plowed field. When the nose gear contacted the soft furrows, it collapsed and the aircraft nosed over. The student pilot reported that he had landed on the same runway the day before the accident without any difficulty, but on the day of the accident, the runway was softer and the winds were stronger. He was landing with a direct right crosswind at ten knots when the accident occurred. The student pilot was approved for repeated solo cross-countries between the aircraft's home base and the accident airport (approximately 4 miles west) for purpose of aircraft refueling. The student pilot had 49 hours total flight time, including 39 hours in the accident make and model aircraft and 15 hours of solo flight experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757RN
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279945
- Airframe hours
- 5,854
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunrise Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sunrise Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1990 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- 07C · Auburn, IN
- Airport
- 3C2 · Shenk, runway 9, 2,050 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 39 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 19 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.