# Accident 20040901030619A: Cessna 152, Waycross, GA, September 1, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2004, 09:39 local time
- Place: Waycross, GA
- Airport: Bivins Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2428° N, 82.3906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2428&lon=-82.3906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89255, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89255-2007-11-21) (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: 337 total, 153 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040901030619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 0939, ON 09/01/2004, A CESSNA CE-152 AIRCRAFT BEING FLOWN BY ONE PILOT, WITH NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, ATTEMPTED A ROUTINE LANDING AT A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP IN WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, (BIVINS FIELD - GA-47). UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TIRES SKIDDED ON THE WET GRASS AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET AND CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE HIGHWAY (ROUTE 82). NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AND PENETRATED THE LOWER PART OF MAIN FIREWALL, THE PROPELLER WAS BENT, AND THE L/E OF THE LEFT WING WAS BADLY BUCKLED ABOUT 42" FROM THE WINGTIP.

## 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 ATL04CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA172), Sep 1, 2004: Cessna 152 (N89255), Waycross, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged the approach speed to touchdown, and the hydroplaning of the airplane during the landing roll resulted in the overrun of the runway surface and the subsequent collision with a…

## Other reports on N89255 (2)

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

- [Accident 19820810067031A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820810067031A), Aug 10, 1982: Cessna 152 (N89255), Lebanon, NH, Substantial damage. On the downwind landing roll collided with N5037D at runway intersection. Failed to see 5037D on active runway.
- [Incident 19811119086129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811119086129I), Nov 19, 1981: Cessna 152 (N89255), Leganon, NH, Minor damage. Student pilot landed airplane on nose wheel. Impact collapsed nose gear. Instructor failed to correct.

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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