# Incident 20020827029669I: Cessna 152, Ashland, OH, August 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2002, 15:51 local time
- Place: Ashland, OH
- Airport: Ashland County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9030° N, 82.2556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHLAND COUNTY (3G4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9030&lon=-82.2556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757AW-2019-02-21) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020827029669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RALPH DANISON, A STUDENT AT JOHNSTON AVIATION IN ASHLAND, OH, SAID THAT HE HAD A LESSON SCHEDULED WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE FLIGHT WAS NOTSCHEDULED SO THEY QUESTIONED RALPH ABOUT THE FLIGHT AND HE STATED THAT HE JUST TALKED TO HIS INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS SUPPOSEDLY ON HIS WAY TO THE AIRPORT. HE WAS GIVEN THE AIRPLANE TO PREFLIGHT AND THE NEXT THING THEY KNEW HE HAD TAKEN OFF SOLO WITHOUT A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE OR PROPER ENDORSEMENTS AND WAS THREATENING TO COMMIT SUICIDE WITH THE AIRPLANE. RALPH HAD 12 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME AND MADE SEVERAL THREATS WHILE IN THE AIR CIRCLING OVER ASHLAND AIRPORT. A CFI FROM COLUMBUS, CHRISTINE HOADLEY, WAS ABLE TO TALK TO RALPH AND CALM HIM DOWN ENOUGH TO GET HIM TO LAND THE AIRPLANE. UPON LANDING THE AIRPLANE STRUCK SEVERAL RUNWAY LIGHTS, A PAPI, AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS ARRESTED.

## Other reports on N757AW (1)

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

- [Incident 19780208007799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780208007799I), Feb 8, 1978: Cessna 152 (N757AW), Elyria, OH, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control after landing. Hit 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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