Cessna 152 N94400

Summary

On 23 October 2021 at about 18:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N94400, operated by Skypark Inc, was involved in an accident near Wadsworth, Ohio, 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

23 October 2021 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Wadsworth, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Skypark Airport (15G)

Coordinates

41.0031, -81.7565

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N94400

Category

Airplane

Year built

1982

Engines

1

Operator

Skypark Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wadsworth → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA022

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the final approach resulting in a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported he was conducting a solo traffic pattern flight and was on final approach for landing from his first traffic pattern when he lost control of the airplane at 50 ft, rounded out and impacted the runway on the nose wheel. The airplane subsequently bounced and impacted the runway again collapsing the nose wheel and allowing the left wing to impact in the grass next to the runway. The airplane then skidded off the left side of the runway and came to rest in the grassy area. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the top inboard left wing. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The instructor pilot reported that he and the student pilot had completed four successful landings prior to the instructor getting out of the airplane for the student pilot’s solo traffic pattern flight. He reported that the student pilot’s approach was stable, but upon landing the airplane seemed to be out of control.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.