- Date
- November 10, 2001, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corning, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5195BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20011110031919A
- Case key
- 53755
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Probable cause
The CFI's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control during landing rollout and impact with a parked airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The Cessna 152 landed on runway 31, and the CFI planned for a "long rollout" so the student could practice taxiing. During the rollout, the student pressed the left brake, and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway. The CFI attempted to counteract the turn with right rudder and brake pressure, but was unable to avoid a parked Cessna. The Cessna 152 then rotated to the left, its propeller sliced through the empennage of the Cessna 172, and it came to a stop. The CFI stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane, and he "did not catch his student's actions in time."
Factual narrative
On November 10, 2001, at 1700 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N5195B, collided with a parked Cessna 172, N84193, during landing rollout at the Corning-Painted Post Airport (7N1), Corning, New York. Both aircraft sustained substantial damage. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot aboard the Cessna 152 were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In a telephone interview, the CFI stated that he landed on runway 31, and planned for a "long rollout" so the student could practice taxiing. During the rollout, the student pressed the left brake, and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway. The CFI attempted to counteract the turn with right rudder and brake pressure, but was unable to avoid a parked Cessna. The Cessna 152's left wing impacted the left strut of the Cessna 172. The Cessna 152 then rotated to the left, its propeller sliced through the empennage of the Cessna 172, and it came to a stop.
The CFI stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane and he "did not catch his student's actions in time".
A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined both airplanes at the accident site. According to the inspector, there was substantial damage to the Cessna 152's left wing, fuselage, and propeller. Examination of the Cessna 172 revealed that the fuselage was partially severed aft of the wing attachment points. The partially-severed section and the entire empennage came to rest on the ground, at a 45-degree angle to the airplane.
The CFI reported 2,358 hours of total flight experience, 608 of which were in make and model. The student pilot reported 2 hours of total flight experience, both in make and model.
The winds reported at the Elmira Regional Airport, Elmira, New York, at 1653, were from 240 degrees and 3 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5195B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283800
- Airframe hours
- 5,385
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis Kossler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 2001 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- 7N1 · Corning, NY
- Airport
- 7N1 · Corning-Painted Post Airport, runway 31, 3,010 × 102 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- January 12, 2001
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,358 total · 608 in this make and model · 2,201 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Observed at
- ELM, 10 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.