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Cessna 152 N89073

2 July 2005 · St. Augustine, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 July 2005 at about 20:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89073, operated by Florida Aviation Career Training, Inc., 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 Airport (KSGJ)
Coordinates
29.9594, -81.3397
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N89073
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
St. Augustine → St. Augustine
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA05CA128

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll resulting in the on-ground encounter with wet grass and subsequent nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that after landing, a gust of wind from the left rear lifted the left wing which caused the airplane to veer sharply to the left. He could not regain control in time and airplane exited the runway onto "rain saturated grass" where the nose landing gear dug into the mud, and the airplane nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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