- Date
- June 27, 1995, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Port Richey, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69140Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950627014839A
- Case key
- 37789
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Probable cause
The pilot landed on the wrong runway. The tailwind contributed to the loss of directional control.
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 stated he misunderstood the wind direction and landed with a quartering tailwind. He lost control, swerved off the runway and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On June 27, 1995, about 1930 eastern daylight time, N69140, a Cessna 152, operated by National Aviation Academy nosed over on landing at New Port Richey, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Clearwater, Florida, about 1 hour earlier.
The student pilot landed on runway 08 with a left quartering downwind. The airplane departed the runway to the left, struck a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69140
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22509
- Airframe hours
- 1,248
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- National Aviation Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 30, 1995 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- PIE · Clearwater, FL
- Destination
- X41 · FL
- Airport
- Tampa Bay Exec Airport, runway 8, 4,700 × 48 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 24 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.