Cessna 152 N46555

Summary

On 30 November 2005 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N46555, operated by Chapel Hill Flying Club Inc., was involved in an accident near Sanford, North Carolina, 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.

Date

30 November 2005 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sanford, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.5836, -79.1003

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N46555

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Chapel Hill Flying Club Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sanford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL06CA020

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing roll out, resulting in the airplane going off the left side of the runway, colliding with a ditch, and nosing over inverted.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was descending into the traffic pattern and the airplane collided with a bird on the leading edge of the left wing. The pilot continued the approach and flared over the runway. The left wing dropped down and the airplane touched down on the left main landing gear, bounced back into the air, and came back down on the runway. The airplane started veering to the left on the landing roll, and the student pilot lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane went off the left side of the runway into the grass, collided with a ditch, and nosed over inverted. Both wings and the firewall received substantial damage. The student pilot stated she did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane before the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.