Cessna 152 N25275
28 February 1998 · Warrenton, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 February 1998 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N25275, operated by Sky World Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Warrenton, Virginia, 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 20:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Warrenton, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Warrenton-Fauquier (W66)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N25275
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sky World Aviation Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- IAD98LA033
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During the pilot's first supervised landing, the airplane bounced three times, and then the nose of the airplane contacted the runway. The pilot reported that the weather was not a factor, and that there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 152 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 1998 | Cessna 152 | Avalon, California, United States | Orange County Flight Center | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jun 1998 | Cessna 152 | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Feb 1998 | Cessna 152 | Norman, Oklahoma, United States | Airman Flight School | No injuries | - |
| 19 Nov 1998 | Cessna 152 | Orinda, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Aug 1998 | Cessna 152 | Culpeper, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 1998 | Cessna 152 | Santa Ana, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 3,030 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 1998 | Piper PA-28-161 | Melfa, Virginia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 1998 | Beechcraft T-34B | Quantico, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 14 Feb 1998 | Goins SONERAI II LTS | Suffolk, Virginia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Dec 1998 | Beechcraft 36 | Mathews, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 1998 | Univair 7GC-AA | Garner, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1998 | Armbruster MINI-500 | Midland, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |