- Date
- August 4, 1986, 13:01 local (17:01 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93454Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30395
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on a x-country flt. He rprtd that during the flare to land at Harrisburg, PA, the acft yawed left, then after touchdown, it veered off the left side of the rwy twd a VASI installation. He steered further left to avoid the VASI, then steered back to the right to avoid a chain link fence that was installed parallel to the rwy. However, the left wing tip contacted the fence & caused the acft to swerve back left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93454
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285494
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Brightside Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Brightside Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MTN · Baltimore, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CXY · Capital City, runway 30, 3,895 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg