- Date
- July 18, 2007, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93574Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20070718020429A
- Case key
- 66254
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a runway excursion and subsequent nose over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was conducting his first solo cross-country flight, in a Cessna 152. While landing on a 7,314-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway, the airplane bounced, departed the left side of the runway, and subsequently nosed over, resulting in substantial damage. The student pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane. He reported 28 hours of total flight experience, which included 0.7 hours as pilot-in command, all accumulated in Cessna 152s.
Factual narrative
The student pilot was conducting his first solo cross-country flight, in a Cessna 152. While landing on runway 11R, a 7,314-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway, the airplane bounced, departed the left side of the runway, and subsequently nosed over, resulting in substantial damage. The student pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane. He reported 28 hours of total flight experience, which included 0.7 hours as pilot-in command, all accumulated in Cessna 152s. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 80 degrees, at 7 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93574
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285519
- Airframe hours
- 11,190
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N80FT Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 2007 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Destination
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach, runway 11R, 7,314 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 19
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
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 N93574 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.