- Date
- July 13, 1995, 16:41 local (20:41 UTC)
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46911Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950713028669A
- Case key
- 39002
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Probable cause
the failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control after touchdown.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was making the final landing of his 2nd supervised solo. Upon touchdown, the airplane first veered right, then when the pilot applied correction, the airplane veered left, and departed the left side of the runway. The airplane continued across the grass, went over the top of an embankment, and stopped when it struck trees and brush. The FAA reported that no evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction was found with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On July 12, 1995, at 1641 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N46911, operated by Stensin Aviation, was substantially damaged during a landing at Beaver County Airport, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the local training flight which was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91, and departed at 1620.
In the NTSB Accident Report, the pilot reported:
...Upon landing for the third and final landing...I executed the landing as normal, touching down on the center line and at that time felt the aircraft skidding off to the side of the runway. Using rudder control, I attempted to guide the aircraft back onto the center of the runway unsuccessfully. The aircraft felt as though it was hydroplaning and that I had no control over its movement, although I continued to use rudder control. The aircraft skidded to the left, continued to roll over the grass and ran into brush and trees to the left of the runway.
In a telephone interview, the FAA reported that no evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction was found with the airplane.
Runway 10/28 was 4501 feet long, 100 feet wide, and had an asphalt surface. The surface winds were reported to be from 290 degrees at 5 knots. The runway surface was dry.
The student pilot had 31 hours total time, and was completing his 2nd supervised solo when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46911
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283141
- Airframe hours
- 7,430
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stensin Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Richard S. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1995 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- BVI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- BVI · Beaver County, runway 28, 4,501 × 100 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
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BVI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.