- Date
- August 17, 2001, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757PZCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-07
- FAA report
- 20010817026549A
- Case key
- 53121
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an aborted landing. A factor in this accident was the crosswind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was landing on runway 27, a 4,649 foot-long, 75 foot-wide, asphalt runway. When the airplane was approximately 10 to 20 feet above the runway, it encountered a "large gust from the left side" and the left wing dipped. The student pilot applied full power, and leveled the wings in an attempt to perform a go-around; however, the airplane contacted the runway and bounced. He then pulled back on the control wheel to ascend; however, the airplane nosed over onto the runway. The student pilot reported 42 hours of total flight experience, which included 41 hours in make and model. He did not reported any mechanical problems with the airplane. The winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident, were from 230 degrees at 11 knots with 16 knot gusts.
Factual narrative
On August 17, 2001, about 1345 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N757PZ, was substantially damaged during landing at the Newark-Heath Airport (VTA), Newark, Ohio. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight that departed the Cincinnati Municipal-Lunken Field Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio. The solo instructional flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was landing on runway 27, a 4,649 foot-long, 75 foot-wide, asphalt runway.
In a written statement, the student pilot said the airplane was approximately 10 to 20 feet above the runway, when it encountered a "large gust from the left side" and the left wing dipped. He applied full power, and leveled the wings with the intention of performing a go-around; however, the airplane contacted the runway and bounced. The student pilot pulled back on the control wheel to ascend; however, the airplane nosed over onto the runway.
The student pilot reported 42 hours of total flight experience, which included 41 hours in make and model. He did not reported any mechanical problems with the airplane.
The winds reported at VTA, at 1359, were from 230 degrees at 11 knots with 16 knot gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757PZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279908
- Airframe hours
- 8,750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Aircraft Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 13, 2001 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
- Destination
- VTA · Newark, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VTA · Newark-Heath, runway 27, 4,649 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 41 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- VTA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N757PZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.