- Date
- March 19, 1993, 11:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89681Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930319005739A
- Case key
- 27947
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft and his improper remedial action to correct the situation. A factor in the accident was the student's lack of total experience.
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 practicing solo touch and go landings. During the final landing, the pilot applied the brakes and the airplane veered to the left and exited the runway. According to the fbo's chief flight instructor, the student applied full power as the aircraft departed the runway and the aircraft momentarily became airborne. The aircraft reportedly banked to the left, the wing tip contacted the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled through an airport boundary fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89681
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282824
- Airframe hours
- 5,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Button Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Neal R. Fulk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 4, 1993 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- P10
- Destination
- P10
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler Municipal, runway 22, 4,800 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 39 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IWA, 7 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.