- Date
- July 13, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mountville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757ERCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840713032559A
- Case key
- 35706
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt landed in a corn field short of the rwy on his 3rd solo landing. The plt stated that he 'misjudged the end of the rwy.' He also said he should have had a 'higher approach speed.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279685
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Cooley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 89N · Mountville, PA
- Airport
- 89N · Central Manor, runway 27, 2,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
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 N757ER · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.