- Date
- July 27, 1990, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48597Cessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14727
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Probable cause
The solo student's failure to maintain lineup with runway centerline during landing flare and touchdown. Factors in the accident were the pilot's lack of total experience and the crosswind conditions.
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
Solo student pilot attempting full stop landing states airplane drifted left with gusting crosswind, touched down with left wheel off runway hard surface. Student stated reluctance to apply right rudder to redirect airplane. Airplane continued left into grass infield where nosewheel engaged sod and aircraft nosed over to inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48597
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283393
- Airframe hours
- 2,216
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kirsch, Debbie
- Registered owner
- Debi D Kirsch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 31, 1990 · 97 hours before
- Airport
- 702 · Troy-Oakland, runway 9, 3,855 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 25 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken