# NTSB MIA00LA105: Cessna 152, N569JH, Naples, FL, March 15, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 15, 2000, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC) - Place: Naples, FL - Coordinates: 26.150783, -81.740592 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1508&lon=-81.7406&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48780 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA105 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48780/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA105 ## Probable cause the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot by allowing the student to fly in gusty wind conditions with excessive crosswinds that resulting in the student pilot not maintaining control and nosing the aircraft over. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown - weather condition - gusts - weather condition - crosswind - crosswind component - excessive - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command - lack of total experience, pilot in command - Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis The student pilot stated that he was on his second supervised local solo flight and was returning to Naples. During the approach he crabbed the airplane into the wind, but as he descended below the tree line, just before touchdown, the aircraft skidded off the runway and nosed over. The FAA inspector who conducted the postcrash examination of the accident airplane stated that witnesses told him that the student pilot was on final approach to runway 05, near touchdown, when he experienced a wind gust between sixteen and twenty five knots from 010 to 070 degrees. The gust pitched the aircraft up, and it stalled, coming down on the left main gear and left wing tip. The left main gear broke, dragged on the runway, and the aircraft rotated to the left, exiting the runway into the grass. The nose gear then broke and dug into the grass, vaulting the airplane on its back. ## Factual narrative On March 15, 2000, about 0940 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N569JH, registered to and operated by Aerojet Service Center Inc., crashed on landing at Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage, and the student pilot was not injured. The flight originated the same day, about 0925. The student pilot stated that he was on his second supervised local solo flight, and after completing practice landings at Immokalee Regional Airport, he returned to Naples. The student pilot further stated that he made the approach with a crab into the wind, but as he descended below the tree line the crab was not necessary. He said that just before touchdown he could not say what happened, but the aircraft skidded off the runway and nosed over. The FAA inspector who conducted the postcrash examination of the accident airplane stated that witnesses told him that the student pilot was on final approach to runway 05, near touchdown, when he experienced a wind gust between 16 and 25 knots from 010 to 070 degrees. The gust pitched the aircraft up, and it stalled, coming down on the left main gear and left wing tip. The broken left main gear then dragged on the runway, and the aircraft rotated to the left and went into the grass. The side load on the nose gear fractured the nose gear mount and steering bungee. The broken gear then dug into the grass and the airplane vaulted on its back. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N569JH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N569JH-2005-10-27), registration cancelled 2005-10-27, S/N 15281695, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0081695 - Airframe hours: 6094 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Aerojet Service Center Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, February 10, 2000, 43 hours before - Departed: IMM, IMMOKALEE, FL - Airport: APF, Naples Municipal, runway 5, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 10 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: APF ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000315015259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000315015259A), Mar 15, 2000: Cessna 152, Naples, FL, Substantial damage. (.4)The student pilot stated that he was on his second supervised local solo flight and was returning to Naples. During the approach he crabbed the airplane… From the NTSB's public API. 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