# Accident 19870121002849A: Cessna 152, Orange, MA, January 21, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1987, 12:15 local time
- Place: Orange, MA
- Airport: Orange Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5700° N, 72.2885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE MUNI (ORE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-72.2885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5171B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5171B-2024-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 80 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870121002849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED AN ICE PATCH. VEERED INTO SNOWBANK. STUDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC87LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA062), Jan 21, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Orange, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5171B (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20221113019679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221113019679A), Nov 13, 2022: Cessna 152 (N5171B), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot took off on 11/13/22 at 1523L at Reid-Hillview airport (rhv) in San Jose, CA for his fourth ever solo flight to conduct pattern work. Upon first…
- [Accident 19840428014709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840428014709A), Apr 28, 1984: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Laconia, NH, Substantial damage. Bounced into the air on a hard landing then allowed aircraft to come down on its nose wheel and collapse same.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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