# NTSB NYC01LA161: Cessna 152, N5286P, Manassas, VA, July 2, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 2, 2001, 19:38 local (23:38 UTC) - Place: Manassas, VA - Location: 38.7230° N, 77.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (HEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7230&lon=-77.5154&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 27, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 52611 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC01LA161 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52611/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA161 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor) - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5286P), registered now, S/N 15284907, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15284907 - Airframe hours: 8141.9 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 33; injuries: none; 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) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20010702017769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702017769A), Jul 2, 2001: Cessna 152, Manassas, VA, No damage. (-23) Student first solo, went around runway 34L 2 times, third attempt to land, hard landing, porpoised, hit nose, blew tire, went off left side of runway,… ## Other investigations on N5286P (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI87LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA127), May 13, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5286P), Waukesha, WI, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.