Cessna 152 N94577

Summary

On 6 May 2004 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N94577 was involved in an accident near Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

6 May 2004 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Pottstown Limerick Airport (PTW)

Coordinates

40.2394, -75.5567

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N94577

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pottstown → Pottstown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC04CA121

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While practicing landings in the traffic pattern, during the landing flare, the student pilot noticed he was slightly left of centerline and applied full right rudder to correct. The nose of the airplane then turned sharply to the right, and the flight instructor applied left rudder to straighten it. However, the airplane had already drifted to the left side of the runway, touched down on the edge of the pavement, and the left wing impacted a tractor that was cutting the grass on the side of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.