Cessna 152 N4918H

Summary

On 16 June 2016 at about 18:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N4918H, operated by Dean International Inc., was involved in an accident near Immokalee, 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

16 June 2016 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Immokalee, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Immokalee Rgnl (IMM)

Coordinates

26.4311, -81.4050

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N4918H

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Dean International Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Immokalee → Miami

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA16CA504

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that while on a solo cross country flight, after he landed at his destination, the weather degraded. He reported that he called his flight instructor and the flight instructor told him to wait out the weather. About three hours later, his flight instructor called him to check on the weather conditions. The student pilot reported that he checked the local weather reporting station, "but everything [was] missing" (referring to the weather information). His flight instructor told him to "get back and check the weather and I'll call you back". The student pilot interpreted that as "[it's] ok to takeoff". During the takeoff roll the airplane veered off the runway to the left and impacted a ditch. The flight school President reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. A review of recorded data from a weather observation station located about 1.6 miles to the northeast, revealed that, about the time of the accident the wind was 360 degrees true at 3 knots. The airplane departed on runway 36.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.