- Date
- November 14, 1993, 15:32 local (23:32 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5366MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931114042699A
- Case key
- 41855
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The student pilot failed to flare. His diverted attention was a factor.
Analysis
The student pilot had difficulty maintaining yaw control and failed to flare during his first solo landing on his first solo flight. The aircraft impacted the runway on the nose landing gear which collapsed.
Factual narrative
On November 14, 1993, at 1532 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 152, N5366M, operated by Galvin Flying Service, impacted terrain while landing at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington. There was no flight plan filed for the local student training flight, conducted under 14 CFR 91 in visual meteorological conditions, that took off at 1525. The student pilot was not injured in the accident. The aircraft was substantially damaged. There was no fire. The student's instructor reported the student was on his first solo flight, intended for traffic pattern work to practice takeoff and landings. He said that on the first approach for landing, the student appeared to have difficulty in controlling aircraft yaw and failed to flare before touchdown. The aircraft impacted the runway on the nose landing gear, which collapsed, substantially damaging the aircraft.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5366M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284506
- Airframe hours
- 7,493
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Galvin Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Galvin Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1993 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field, runway 13, 3,710 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI
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 N5366M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.