# Accident 19881024047589A: Cessna 152, Billings, MT, October 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7608° N, 108.5697° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7608&lon=-108.5697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757XV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757XV-1992-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881024047589A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT TRIED TO LAND IN CROSSWIND. FLOATED,TRIED TO GO AROUND,WIND LIFTED WING,RAISED NOSE,STALLED, GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 DEN89LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA023), Oct 24, 1988: Cessna 152 (N757XV), Billings, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N757XV (1)

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

- [Incident 19790722019499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790722019499I), Jul 22, 1979: Cessna 152 (N757XV), Ramona, CA, Minor damage. Student made hard landing after door came open during climb.

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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