- Date
- July 2, 2001, 19:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Manassas, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5286PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010702017769A
- Case key
- 52611
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Probable cause
The student pilot's loss of control of the airplane after bouncing the landing. A factor in the accident was her heightened anxiety over making her first solo landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot made three landings with an instructor, then taxied to the ramp, where the instructor signed her endorsements and told her to make three solo landings to a full stop. The student pilot took off again, and flew around the traffic pattern three times before attempting her first solo landing. During the attempt, the airplane landed flat and bounced twice. It then touched down again, veered off the left side of the runway, and nosed over. Winds at the time were clam.
Factual narrative
On July 2, 2001, at 1938 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N5286P, was substantially damaged when it veered off the runway during a landing at Manassas Regional Airport (HEF), Manassas, Virginia. The certificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed for the local instructional flight, which was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the flight school's incident report, the student pilot made three landings with an instructor, then taxied to the ramp, where the instructor signed her endorsements.
The student pilot's flight instructor reported that prior to her departure, he instructed the student pilot to make three solo landings to a full stop. The student pilot took off again, and went around the traffic pattern three times before attempting her first solo landing on runway 34L. During the attempt, the airplane landed flat and bounced twice. It then touched down again, veered off the left side of the runway, and nosed over.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, during the first bounce, the nose wheel hit the runway hard, the tire blew, and the wheel rim was bent.
Winds, recorded at the airport about 15 minutes after the accident, were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5286P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284907
- Airframe hours
- 8,141.9
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dulles Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 7, 2001 · 56.6 hours before
- Departed
- HEF · Manassas, VA
- Destination
- Manassas, VA
- Airport
- HEF · Manassas Regional, runway 34, 3,702 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.27 inHg
- Observed at
- HEF
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5286P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.