- Date
- August 19, 1994, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arcadia, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757WMCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940819027229A
- Case key
- 37590
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. The gusty, crosswind was a factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot diverted to Arcadia due to thunderstorms and rainshowers at his destination and in the area of Arcadia. While landing on runway 5 he encountered a gusty crosswind, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway, and collided with a ditch.
Factual narrative
On August 19, 1994, about 1900 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N757WM, registered to Gulf Leasing, Inc., ran off the runway and collided with terrain while landing at Arcadia Municipal Airport, Arcadia, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the student pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Bartow, Florida, on August 19, 1994, about 1830.
The student pilot stated that he was performing a solo cross-country flight from Punta Gorda, Florida, to St. Augustine, Florida and return. In the area of Bartow, Florida, he encountered weather and landed at Bartow. He waited about 2 hours at Bartow for thunderstorms to clear for a return flight to Punta Gorda. He departed Bartow, encountered thunderstorms enroute, and diverted to Arcadia, Florida, to wait for the weather to clear. While landing at Arcadia he encountered gusting winds and ran off the left side of the runway where he collided with a drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757WM
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280062
- Airframe hours
- 6,861
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Professional Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gulf Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 9, 1994 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- BOW · Bartow, FL
- Destination
- PGD · Punta Gorda, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X06 · Arcadia Municipal, runway 5, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 40 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 40 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.