# NTSB SEA06CA186: Cessna 152, N45945, Pembroke Pine, FL, September 23, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 23, 2006, 10:04 local (14:04 UTC)
- Place: Pembroke Pine, FL
- Coordinates: 26.116666, -80.240554
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1167&lon=-80.2406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64597
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA186
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64597/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA186

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.  A factor was the runway sign.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport sign/marker (contributing factor)

## Analysis

On the third landing of his first supervised solo, the airplane drifted to the left as the pilot was in the flare.  The student corrected to the right with right rudder, but after the airplane touched down it veered to the right and off the runway.  The student attempted to correct back to the left, and after it did not respond he applied full brakes.  The airplane then struck a runway sign, resulting in the airplane coming to rest on its nose and left wing tip off the right side of the runway.

## Factual narrative

On the third landing of his first supervised solo, the airplane drifted to the left as the student pilot was in the flare.  The student corrected to the right with right rudder, but after the airplane touched down it  veered to the right and off the runway.  The student attempted to correct back to the left, but after the airplane did not respond he applied full brakes.  After striking a runway sign the airplane came to rest on its nose and left wing tip off the right side of the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45945](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45945), registered now, S/N 15282954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282954
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Delta Connection Academy
- Registered owner: Delta Connection Academy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HWO, Pembroke Pines, FL
- Destination: HWO, Pembroke Pine, FL
- Airport: HWO, North Perry Airport, runway 9R

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 29; student; medical: class 2; flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days
- Flight instructor; age 39; flight engineer, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 650 total, 29 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060923031079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060923031079A), Sep 23, 2006: Cessna 152, Hollywood, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 23, 2006, student pilot was on his final of three take offs and landings doing his solo in a Cessna 152C. Upon touch down at North Perry…

## Other investigations on N45945 (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 NYC84LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA147), Mar 15, 1984: Cessna 152 (N45945), Fitchburg, MA, no damage

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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