- Date
- December 3, 1988, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47220Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881203052429A
- Case key
- 26305
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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
During the first solo flight, the student pilot reported that while on final approach, the airplane was high. The student reduced power and extended full flaps. During the landing roll, the student was intending to exit the runway on a right taxiway, however, the airplane suddenly veered to the left, exited the runway and nosed over. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47220
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283189
- Airframe hours
- 3,247
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Deer Valley Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1988 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- SDL · Scottsdale, runway 3, 8,251 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.