- Date
- December 1, 1999, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N46946Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991201045089A
- Case key
- 47853
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Probable cause
The inadequate supervision of the student pilot by the pilot-in-command (CFI) for his failure to take the controls from the student and initiate a go-around earlier following the airplane drifting off the runway centerline.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The CFI stated that the student pilot was flying the airplane and while on final approach to runway 09C, with a 10 knot wind from 020 degrees, the airplane drifted into the grass. The student was attempting to go-around when the airplane collided with a runway light.
Factual narrative
On December 1, 1999, about 1330 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N46946, registered to Comair Aviation Academy, Inc., experienced a loss of directional control on landing and collided with a runway light at Orlando Sanford Airport, Sanford, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the certified flight instructor (CFI) and student were not injured. The flight originated about 1200 from the Orlando Sanford Airport, Sanford, Florida.
The CFI stated that after takeoff, the flight proceeded northeast of the airport to practice maneuvers. The flight then returned to the departure airport where the student pilot performed a touch-and-go landing on runway 9L. Air traffic control then switched the airplane to runway 9C, and while on approach to the runway, the airplane, "...drifted into the grass on landing by crosswinds. Student pilot was making touch and go, during the go around the aircraft touched down to the right of 9C and struck runway edge light."
According to the 1353 local METAR weather observation at the Orlando Sanford Airport, in part the wind was from 020 degrees at 10 knots; there were no reported wind gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46946
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283147
- Airframe hours
- 12,985
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Comair Aviation Academy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 22, 1999 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- SFB
- Airport
- SFB · Orlando Sanford, runway 9C, 3,578 × 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 587 total · 207 in this make and model · 538 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 104 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.