- Date
- March 1, 2000, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hazelton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67639Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000301043739A
- Case key
- 51270
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing on runway 10, the airplane initially touched down on the right main landing gear first and the nose shifted unexpectedly to the left. The pilot centered the rudder and inputted left aileron in an attempt to get the left main landing gear on the ground; however, the airplane continued to drift to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and came to rest in a ditch. Winds reported at a nearby airport were from 340 degrees at 4 knots.
Factual narrative
On March 1, 2000, about 0930 Eastern Standard Time, a Cessna 152, N67639, was substantially damaged while landing at the Hazelton Municipal Airport (HZL), Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight that originated at the Eastern West Virginia Regional/Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, while landing on Runway 10, a 4,898-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway, the airplane initially touched down on the right main landing gear first and the nose shifted unexpectedly to the left. The pilot centered the rudder and inputted left aileron in an attempt to get the left main landing gear on the ground; however, the airplane continued to drift to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and came to rest in a ditch.
The winds reported at an airport 24 miles to the northeast of HZL, at 0954, were from 340 degrees at 4 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67639
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281955
- Airframe hours
- 6,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 105 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero-Smith Inc
- Registered owner
- Kenneth E. Feith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 2000 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- MRB · Martinsburg, WV
- Destination
- HZL
- Airport
- HZL · Hazelton Municipal, runway 10, 4,898 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 55 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVP, 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.