# NTSB MIA01LA068: Cessna 152, N152DF, Edgewater, FL, January 29, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 29, 2001, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Edgewater, FL
- Coordinates: 28.980121, -80.919815 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9801&lon=-80.9198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Orlando FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51406/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA068

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout with a crosswind. This resulted in the airplane departing the runway, colliding with a berm/ridge, becoming airborne, and colliding with the terrain in a nose down attitude.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - berm
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

The student pilot stated he was conducting a touch and go landing with a crosswind. On touchdown he took out the crosswind correction and the airplane veered to the left, departed the runway, collided with a ridge, became airborne, and collided with the ground in a nose down attitude.

## Factual narrative

On January 29, 2001, at about 1125 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N152DF, registered to International Wings, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight crashed on landing rollout at the Massey Ranch Airpark, Edgewater, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Massey Ranch Airpark about 25 minutes before the accident.

The student pilot stated he had been conducting touch-and-go landings with a crosswind. On touchdown he took out the crosswind correction. The airplane started to veer to the left, departed the runway into the grass, collided with a ridge, became airborne, and collided with the ground in a nose-down attitude.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N152DF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152DF-2008-01-23), registration cancelled 2008-01-23, S/N 15283222, built 1979 (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: 15283222
- Airframe hours: 10992
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: International Wings
- Registered owner: International Wings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 21, 2000, 86 hours before
- Departed: X50, Edgewater, FL
- Airport: X50, Massey Ranch Airpark, runway 18, 3,845 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; injuries: none; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,900 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.28 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010129002199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010129002199A), Jan 29, 2001: Cessna 152, New Smyrna Beac, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot-in-command, a student pilot, was the sole occupant of the aircraft. Just prior to touchdown on the fourth practice landing, the plane yawed…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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