# Accident 20010822037949A: Cessna 152, Weatherford, TX, August 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2001, 09:10 local time
- Place: Weatherford, TX
- Airport: Parker County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7503° N, 97.6758° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7503&lon=-97.6758&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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010822037949A

## Narrative

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

(-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 FIELD (FTW), FORT WORTH TX, COLLIDED WITH A SEMI-TRACTOR/TRAILER AFTER AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT PARKER COUNTRY AIRPORT (KWEA), WEATHERFORD, TX WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MEACHAM FIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 0600 CDT ON AUGUST 22, 2001. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN UNSUCCESSFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT WEATHERFORD, PARKER COUNTY AIRPORT. HE SUBSEQUENTLY MANEUVERED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35. THE PILOT FAILED TO STOP HIS AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED PAST THE END OF THE PAVEMENT, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO THE EASTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 20. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FLAT BED TRAILER PULLED BY A SEMI-TRACTOR. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 FTW01FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA188), Aug 22, 2001: Cessna 152 (N4755B), Weatherford, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper decision making in that he landed with a tailwind and failed to execute a go-around, which resulted in a runway overrun. Contributing factors were the inaccurate reading…

## Other reports on N4755B (1)

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

- [Accident 19981201032369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981201032369A), Dec 1, 1998: Cessna 152 (N4755B), Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. 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…

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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