Plane Crash List

Cessna 152 N6294M

8 February 1999 · Sanford, North Carolina, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 February 1999 at about 20:20 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6294M 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.

The record

Date
at 20:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Sanford, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport
Sanford Lee County (W77)
Coordinates
35.4707, -79.1802
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N6294M
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA99LA076

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilots failure to maintain directional control during an attempted touch and go landing. This resulted in the airplane veering off the left side of the runway, and subsequent on-ground collision with a ditch and nosed 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 attempting a touch and go landing and failed to maintain directional control after applying full power. The airplane veered to the left off the side of the runway into the grass, crossed a taxiway, went into the grass, collided with a ditch, and nosed over inverted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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