Probable cause
The student pilot’s loss of directional control while landing.
NTSB analysis
The student pilot was conducting the second landing of his first solo flight. After touchdown, the airplane began to veer off the runway. The pilot attempted to correct; however, the airplane exited the runway surface, entered a ditch, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The student pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN12CA293 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Apr 9, 2012
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, Missouri
- Nearest airport
- Lee'S Summit Muni Airport (LXT)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 152
- N-number
- N25212
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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