# Incident 19980812030319I: Cessna 152, Detroit, MI, August 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4857B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4857B-2014-06-13) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980812030319I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR'D BEEN DOING TOUCH AND GL'S ON RWY 5L. WIND 050 AT 10. INSTRUCTOR GOT OUT; STUDENT WENT SOLO. APPLYING POWER FOR "GO" PART OF  TOUCH AND GO, AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT. STUDENT APPLIED RIGHT AILERON CONTROL. STUDENT CLOSED THROTTLE AS AIRPLANE WENT OFF PAVEMENT. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING DENTED IN COLLISION WITH UNDETERMINED OBJECT. STUDENT TAXIED BACK TO FLYING SCHOOL W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. COUNSELLED INSTRUCTOR TO EMPHASIZE RUDDER USE, AND TO TEACH STOP & GO.S VICE TOUCH AND GO'S. WILL CHECK FOR PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUCTORS OTHER STUDENTS.

## Other reports on N4857B (2)

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

- [Accident 19870413009249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870413009249A), Apr 13, 1987: Cessna 152 (N4857B), Marine City, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft porpoised on landing and nosed over. The student pilot approached the runway too fast.
- [Accident 19840611023929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840611023929A), Jun 11, 1984: Cessna 152 (N4857B), Marine City, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot diverted attention to trim during landing. Aircraft ballooned and came down hard on nose.

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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