- Date
- June 3, 1990, 14:16 local (18:16 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95733Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900603038879A
- Case key
- 32668
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Probable cause
The improper landing flare by the pilot in command.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot said the airplane ran off the runway to the right and crashed into a ravine. No mechanical failures were noted during the post accident examination. The student's instructor stated that the student had a tendency to flare improperly and occasionally would land on the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95733
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285963
- Airframe hours
- 3,625
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Orlando Inc.
- Registered owner
- L And J Aircraft Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1990 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- LEE · Leesburg, FL
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 25, 5,998 × 150 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 42 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.