# Accident 19960122047619A: Cessna 152, Norwood, MA, January 22, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1996, 14:19 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1905° N, 71.1729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1905&lon=-71.1729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89813 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960122047619A

## Narrative

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

(-16) STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT STRAIGHTENED OUT AND AGAIN VEERED LEFT, GOING OFF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT HIT SNOW AND OVERTURNED.

## 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 NYC96LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA054), Jan 22, 1996: Cessna 152 (N89813), Norwood, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane after touchdown, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve and collision with a snowbank.

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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