- Date
- July 7, 1995, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N95633Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950707034539A
- Case key
- 37797
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a go-around from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
This was the first landing of the student pilot's first solo flight. The pilot flared too high and the aircraft touched down hard and bounced back into the air. The pilot initiated a go-around and the aircraft veered to the left. The aircraft ran off the runway, crossed over a ditch, and collided with a fence.
Factual narrative
On July 7,1995, about 1000 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N95633, registered to Boca Flight Center I, ran off the runway and collided with a fence during landing at Boca Raton Airport, Boca Raton, 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 was not injured. The flight had originated from the Boca Raton Airport about 5 minutes before the accident.
The student pilot's flight instructor stated this was the student's first landing of his first solo flight. The student stated that during landing he flared too soon and the aircraft bounced. He initiated a go-around and the aircraft veered to the left. The aircraft crossed over a ditch and collided with an airport fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95633
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285945
- Airframe hours
- 6,133
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boca Flight Center I
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1995 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- BCT
- Airport
- BCT · Boca Raton, runway 23, 5,197 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 80 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PMP, 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.