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An instructor reports observing his initial solo student ground loop a C152 and strike the left wing and propeller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 732904 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 732904 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
New student initial solo flight; second landing and rollout. Student overcorrected after landing the aircraft on runway 14 at ZZZ. The winds were light and at the time of taxi were reported as 210 at 5 KTS. The sky was clear and the runway was dry. I had just flown with my student and had signed her off to do her initial solo at ZZZ. The first takeoff and landing went well and I had her taxi back to runway 14; for her second solo takeoff and landing. Everything was fine until her second landing and rollout. I was standing at the terminal and noted that the right main wheel came off the ground. She corrected and had all 3 wheels on the ground; but started to swerve on the runway surface and headed to the grass in the infield 1/2 way down runway 14. Missing the runway lights the aircraft slid in a wide arc until the nosewheel sank into the soft mud; causing the aircraft to nose over and contact the ground on its left wing and propeller. The aircraft again returned to all 3 wheels with its engine stopped. When I asked why she had not gone around she said that she could not. This may come from the airport being closed for touch-and-goes; and she was already in her landing rollout.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN INSTRUCTOR REPORTS OBSERVING HIS INITIAL SOLO STUDENT GND LOOP A C152 AND STRIKE THE LEFT WING AND PROP.
Narrative: NEW STUDENT INITIAL SOLO FLT; SECOND LNDG AND ROLLOUT. STUDENT OVERCORRECTED AFTER LNDG THE ACFT ON RWY 14 AT ZZZ. THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND AT THE TIME OF TAXI WERE RPTED AS 210 AT 5 KTS. THE SKY WAS CLR AND THE RWY WAS DRY. I HAD JUST FLOWN WITH MY STUDENT AND HAD SIGNED HER OFF TO DO HER INITIAL SOLO AT ZZZ. THE FIRST TKOF AND LNDG WENT WELL AND I HAD HER TAXI BACK TO RWY 14; FOR HER SECOND SOLO TKOF AND LNDG. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL HER SECOND LNDG AND ROLLOUT. I WAS STANDING AT THE TERMINAL AND NOTED THAT THE R MAIN WHEEL CAME OFF THE GND. SHE CORRECTED AND HAD ALL 3 WHEELS ON THE GND; BUT STARTED TO SWERVE ON THE RWY SURFACE AND HEADED TO THE GRASS IN THE INFIELD 1/2 WAY DOWN RWY 14. MISSING THE RWY LIGHTS THE ACFT SLID IN A WIDE ARC UNTIL THE NOSEWHEEL SANK INTO THE SOFT MUD; CAUSING THE ACFT TO NOSE OVER AND CONTACT THE GND ON ITS L WING AND PROP. THE ACFT AGAIN RETURNED TO ALL 3 WHEELS WITH ITS ENG STOPPED. WHEN I ASKED WHY SHE HAD NOT GONE AROUND SHE SAID THAT SHE COULD NOT. THIS MAY COME FROM THE ARPT BEING CLOSED FOR TOUCH-AND-GOES; AND SHE WAS ALREADY IN HER LNDG ROLLOUT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.