- Date
- January 4, 1989, 14:16 local (22:16 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93114Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890104000199A
- Case key
- 26318
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Probable cause
The excessive speed which the pilot was maintaining and his improper operation of the brake system. Contributing to the accident was the inexperience of the student pilot.
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 a local supervised solo flight, the student pilot of a Cessna 152 was on his third and final supervised solo landing, when he lost control of the airplane as he tried to exit the runway. He stated that on his landing rollout he tried to exit the runway at intersection with rwy 16L, but the airplane's speed was too fast. He heavily applied the brakes, lost control of the airplane and nosed over. There was no reported mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93114
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285404
- Airframe hours
- 1,575
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cal State Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Eugene Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 28, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 25R, 6,192 × 200 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 17 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.