# Accident 20050629013769A: Cessna 152, Williston, FL, June 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2005, 20:30 local time
- Place: Williston, FL
- Airport: Williston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3744° N, 82.5206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3744&lon=-82.5206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5372L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5372L-2010-03-09) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050629013769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 29, 2005 A CESSNA 152, N5372L REGISTERED TO MC2L INC. WAS ENROUTE TO WILLISTON AIRPORT (X60) IN WILLISTON FLORIDA, ENCOUNTERED A THUNDERSTORM AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH WEST OF THE AIRPORT (X60). BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR, THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. LAST DEPARTURE POINT WAS FROM JACK EDWARDS AIRPORT (JKA) IN GULF SHORES ALABAMA.

## 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 MIA05CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA125), Jun 30, 2005: Cessna 152 (N5372L), Williston, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate weather evaluation by the pilot-in-command which resulted in the in-flight encounter with rain and thunder that resulted in a precautionary landing and subsequent on-ground collision…

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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