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Cessna 152 N704ZF

18 January 2001 · St. Augustine, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 January 2001 at about 20:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N704ZF, operated by Bolker Fritz, was involved in an accident near St. Augustine, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:45
Classification
Accident
Location
St. Augustine, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
St. Augustine (SGJ)
Coordinates
29.7598, -81.3009
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N704ZF
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Bolker Fritz
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Keystone → St. Augustine
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ATL01LA024

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilots failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in the collision with the airport sign.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the student pilot, he was conducting a supervised solo cross-country flight. Upon arriving at St. John County Airport, he established a visual approach to runway 13 for a full-stop landing. During the landing roll-out, the student pilot stated that the airplane entered a fog bank, veered off the left side of the runway, and collided with an airport sign. Witnesses stated that, at the time of the accident there was no fog in the area, or surrounding the airport. Weather conditions were clear with 10 miles visibility. Witnesses stated that, the pilot locked up the brakes and tried to exit the runway at the first taxiway. Inspection of the airplane did not reveal any preexisting discrepancies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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