# Accident 19981201032369A: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, December 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1998, 12:03 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8191° N, 97.3608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8191&lon=-97.3608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4755B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4755B-2018-01-24) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981201032369A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT ON LANDING. (-23) ON 12/01/98, AT 1203 CST, A CE-152, N4755B, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 16R, AT MEACHUM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY AER MISTRAL, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE STUDENT PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE LOCAL SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHICH DEPARTED THE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1100. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT THIS WAS HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT. HE HAD PRACTICED PATTERN WORK AT THE FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AND MEACHAM AIRPORTS. DURING THE FULL STOP LANDING AT MEACHUM, HE DID A "NORMAL LANDING AND THEN APPLIED THER WRONG RUDDER." THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELED DOWN AN INCLINE BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE NOSE GEAR TRUNION BENT AFT. THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE ALSO BENT.

## 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 FTW99LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA040), Dec 1, 1998: Cessna 152 (N4755B), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control due to improper use of the rudder. A factor was the hilly terrain beyond the departure end of the runway.

## Other reports on N4755B (1)

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

- [Accident 20010822037949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010822037949A), Aug 22, 2001: Cessna 152 (N4755B), Weatherford, TX, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On August 22, 2001, at approximately 0910 CDT, a Cessna 150 aircraft, N4755B, registered to ashish v. coswami and operated by aer mistral, inc., meacham…

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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