Cessna 152 N93574

Summary

On 18 July 2007 at about 16:05 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N93574 was involved in an accident near Vero Beach, 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.

Date

18 July 2007 at 16:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Vero Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Vero Beach (VRB)

Coordinates

27.6556, -80.4294

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N93574

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kissimmee → Vero Beach

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07CA169

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a runway excursion and subsequent nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was conducting his first solo cross-country flight, in a Cessna 152. While landing on a 7,314-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway, the airplane bounced, departed the left side of the runway, and subsequently nosed over, resulting in substantial damage. The student pilot stated he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane. He reported 28 hours of total flight experience, which included 0.7 hours as pilot-in command, all accumulated in Cessna 152s.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.