- Date
- July 2, 2005, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89073Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050702016749A
- Case key
- 61880
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll resulting in the on-ground encounter with wet grass and subsequent nose over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that after landing, a gust of wind from the left rear lifted the left wing which caused the airplane to veer sharply to the left. He could not regain control in time and airplane exited the runway onto "rain saturated grass" where the nose landing gear dug into the mud, and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On July 2, 2005, about 1645 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N89073, registered to November 46A Leasing, Inc., operated by Florida Aviation Career Training, Inc., experienced a loss of directional control and nosed over during the landing roll at the St. Augustine Airport, St. Augustine, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 local, instructional flight from St. Augustine Airport. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 1642, from St. Augustine Airport.
The pilot stated that after landing, a gust of wind from the left rear lifted the left wing which caused the airplane to veer sharply to the left. He could not regain control in time and airplane exited the runway onto "rain saturated grass" where the nose landing gear dug into the mud, and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89073
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282618
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Florida Aviation Career Training, Inc.
- Registered owner
- November 46A Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- KSGJ · St. Augustine, FL
- Destination
- KSGJ · St. Augustine, FL
- Airport
- KSGJ · St. Augustine Airport, runway 31
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.