# NTSB NYC07CA169: Cessna 152, N93574, Vero Beach, FL, July 18, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 18, 2007, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 27.655555, -80.429443
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66254
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC07CA169
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66254/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA169

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93574-2011-10-12), registration cancelled 2011-10-12, S/N 15285519, built 1982 (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: 15285519
- Airframe hours: 11190
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 19; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070718020429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070718020429A), Jul 18, 2007: Cessna 152, Vero Beach, FL, Destroyed. (-23) On Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at approximately 1200 EDT, N93574, a Cessna 152, piloted by [privacy data omitted] ran off the left side of runway 11R at…

## Other investigations on N93574 (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 LAX91LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA080), Jan 24, 1991: Cessna 152 (N93574), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER BOUNCED LANDING RECOVERY TECHNIQUE. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LIMITED FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.

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.

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