GREENWOOD, MS, USA
N65454
CESSNA 152
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THE SECOND LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN HE BECAME LOST AND DISORIENTED. AS THE FUEL LEVEL WAS GETTING LOW AND DARKNESS WAS APPROACHING, HE ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO STOP, SO HE STEERED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, BUT IT COLLIDED WITH A TREE BEFORE STOPPING.
On October 2, 1994, about 2000 central daylight time, N65454, a Cessna 152, registered to Allen Leasing Inc., crashed on landing to a road in Greenwood, Mississippi. The flight was a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a local VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Tupelo, Mississippi, about 1710 the same day. The student pilot was on his first solo cross-country flight and became lost and disoriented. He was low on fuel and attempted a landing on an open road. During the landing he lost control of the airplane and it struck a tree.
THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION CONCERNING THE SELECTION/APPROACH/EXECUTION OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE, HIS BECOMING LOST/DISORIENTED, THE LIGHT CONDITIONS AT DUSK, AND THE PROXIMITY OF TREES TO THE SELECTED EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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