- Date
- May 19, 1985, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newry, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94221Cessna C152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850519018259A
- Case key
- 35876
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot, sole occupant was on his first solo flight performing touch and go landings at blue knob valley airport, Newry, Pennsylvania. During a landing. The aircraft touched down left of the centerline and drifted left contacting a barrel with the left landing gear. The aircraft continued to roll, contacting a second barrel and collapsed the nose wheel. The Cessna came to a stop with substanial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94221
- Reported as
- Cessna C152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285624
- Airframe hours
- 708
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-U2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blue Knob Valley Arpt, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 14, 1984 · 82 hours before
- Airport
- 7G4 · Blue Knob, runway 29, 3,200 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.