- Date
- August 9, 1993, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Opa-Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N757UYCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930809028179A
- Case key
- 37381
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to apply right rudder while applying power during the touch-and-go landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's lack of total experience.
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
During a fourth touch-and-go landing, the student pilot applied power to go around but did not apply right rudder pedal to counteract the left turning tendency of the airplane. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway after which the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane then nosed over and came to rest.
Factual narrative
On August 9, 1993, about 0930 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N757UY, registered to and operated by Kimura International, Inc., experienced a loss of control during the landing roll and nosed over at the Opa-Locka West Airport, Opa- Locka, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 10 minutes earlier.
The student pilot stated that after touchdown during the fourth touch-and-go landing, he applied power to go around but did not add sufficient right rudder. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway after which the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757UY
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280025
- Airframe hours
- 5,777
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kimura International, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special); Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 19, 1993 · 54 hours before
- Airport
- X46 · Opa-Locka West, runway 9, 3,000 × 60 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF, 8 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.