# NTSB MIA05CA153: Cessna 152, N6741S, Sanford, FL, August 22, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 22, 2005, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Coordinates: 28.7775, -81.237503
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7775&lon=-81.2375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62292
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05CA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62292/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA153

## Probable cause

The student pilot's loss of aircraft control during the landing flare and touchdown resulting in the wing contacting the runway and the airplane nosing over.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The pilot stated, the approach for the full stop landing was uneventful. On final, about 10 feet above the ground, with engine power reduced and the airplane in a landing configuration, a gust of wind from the left blew the airplane to the right. The right main tire touched down hard followed by the left main tire. As the airplane bounced down the runway, he attempted a go-around. He added full engine power, and pitched the airplane's nose up. The left wing hit the ground and the airplane flipped over coming to a stop upside-down. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

On August 22, 2005, about 0945 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N67415, registered to and operated by Delta Connection Academy, lost control during landing and flipped over at the Orlando Sanford International Airport, Orlando, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The student pilot received minor injuries and the airplane incurred substantial damage.  The flight had originated from the same airport, earlier that day, about 0815.

The pilot stated, the approach for the full stop landing was uneventful. On final, about 10 feet above the ground, with engine power reduced and the airplane in a landing configuration, a gust of wind from the left blew the airplane to the right. The right main tire touched down hard followed by the left main tire. As the airplane bounced down the runway, he attempted a go-around. He added full engine power, and pitched the airplane's nose up. The left wing hit the ground and the airplane flipped over coming to a stop upside-down. The pilot stated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6741S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281824
- Engines: Lycoming 0-235 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Delta Connection Academy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: SFB, Sanford, FL
- Destination: Sanford, FL
- Airport: SFB, Orlando Sanford International, runway 9R, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 22; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1; flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: SFB

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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