- Date
- June 22, 1994, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Opa-Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N936JHCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940622016289A
- Case key
- 37565
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper handling of the aircraft during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the lack of total experience 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 had performed 2 touch-and-go landings, 1 go- around, and 1 full stop landing with his instructor aboard before his first solo flight. The student then took off solo and remained in the traffic pattern for 1 touch-and-go landing and the CFI stated that the final approach appeared normal. The airplane was landed on the main landing gear and after the nose landing gear touched down the propeller also contacted the runway. The aircraft then veered to the left and the right wing contacted the runway. The aircraft continued off the runway to the left and ground looped, coming to rest facing south.
Factual narrative
On June 22, 1994, about 0945 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N936JH, registered to Husta Aviation, experienced a loss of control shortly after touchdown at the Opa-Locka 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 had performed two touch-and-go landings, one go-around and one full stop landing with his certified flight instructor (CFI) aboard. After the full stop landing the CFI got out of the airplane for the student's first supervised solo flight. The flight departed and the CFI stated that the final approach, and flare for the first touch-and-go landing appeared normal. The airplane was landed on the main landing gear first and after the nose landing gear touched down, the student applied power to go around. The airplane yawed to the left and the propeller contacted the ground. The airplane then departed the left side of the runway and came to rest upright on a taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N936JH
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285822
- Airframe hours
- 5,857
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Husta Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Limited (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 4, 1994 · 98 hours before
- Airport
- OPF · Opa-Locka, runway 9R, 3,503 × 100 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF, 1 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.