- Date
- February 2, 1993, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68155Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930202001339A
- Case key
- 15663
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control.
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. After takeoff he stated he thought he had control problems, and made one pattern circuit and landed. The airplane departed the runway to the left during landing rollout and hit a snowbank. Witnesses reported the pilot landed long and fast. The airplane was examined by an FAA airworthiness inspector. All flight controls operated properly, and the control surface deflections were within the limits specified in the airplane service manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68155
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 68155
- Airframe hours
- 5,291
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tradewinds Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tradewinds Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1992 · 424 hours before
- Airport
- PTK · Oakland-Pontiac, runway 27, 6,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 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.