- Date
- February 24, 1996, 14:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6325QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960224002729A
- Case key
- 10201
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. A factor relating to the accident was: the crosswind condition.
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 cross-country flight when the accident occurred. A landing was being made on runway 31 with local winds from 210 to 240 degrees at 10 to 15 knots. According to the pilot, the airplane touched down in a crab angle and traveled off the side of the runway where it nosed over in the grass.
Factual narrative
On February 24, 1996, at 1425 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N6325Q, operated by St. Charles Flying Service, was substantially damaged following a loss of control and nose over during landing at the Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Jacksonville, Illinois. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions under a VFR flight plan. The student pilot was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from St. Charles, Missouri, at 1326 cst.
The student pilot was on his first solo cross country flight when the accident occurred. He stated he aborted his first landing approach because he was not properly aligned with the runway. The pilot stated that during the second landing he was still in a crab angle during the flare. He reported, "...I felt the airplane begin to skid on me as I tried to straighten it out, I panicked as I felt that I lost control of the airplane." The airplane traveled off the side of the runway where it nosed over. The landing was being made on runway 31 (5,000' x 75'). The pilot reported that the local winds were form 210 to 240 degrees at 10 to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6325Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285231
- Airframe hours
- 7,886
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- St. Charles Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 19, 1996
- Departed
- 3SQ · St Charles, MO
- Destination
- IJX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IJX · Jacksonville Municipal, runway 31, 5,000 × 75 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 27 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPI, 30 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.