# Accident 20131224024569A: Cessna 152, St. Ignatius, MT, December 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: St. Ignatius, MT
- Airport: St. Ignatius
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3250° N, 114.0808° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3250&lon=-114.0808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5533B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5533B) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131224024569A

## Narrative

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

THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABORTED AND A GO-AROUND PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PILOT STATED HE WAS GOING TOO FAST.  HE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS SELECTING 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS, BUT ONLY PHYSICALLY ACHIEVING 10 DEGREES AND THAT WAS CAUSING THE FAST APPROACH.  ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 26 CARRYING MORE SPEED AND TOUCHING DOWN FARTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN THE PILOT DESIRED.  RUNWAY 26 IS ASPHALT, 2610' X 60', AND DESCENDS 40' IN ALTITUDE OVER ITS LENGTH. THE PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO SELECT 30 DEGREES, FULL FLAPS, TO SLOW HIM DOWN WHILE ROLLING OUT DOWN THE RUNWAY BUT BELIEVED ONLY 10 DEGREES WAS ACHIEVED.  PILOT STATED HE USUALLY DOES NOT USE BRAKES BECAUSE THE FLAPS ACT AS BRAKES.  AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE WAS STILL GOING TOO FAST AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED GRADUALLY AND THEN MORE VIGOROUSLY.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT, THEN LEFT AGAIN AND OFF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 120 FEET FROM THE ON-COMING END OF THE ASPHALT.  THE RIGHT WING-TIP DIPPED TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT ANGLED OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE NOSE GEAR AND ROTATING PROPELLER CONTACTED A TWO FOOT TALL BERM OF PLOWED SNOW WITHIN A COUPLE FEET OF THE RUNWAY EDGE.  THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY TIPPED OVER FORWARD AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK, FACING THE DIRECTION IT HAD COME FROM.  THE PILOT STATED THERE COULD HAVE BEEN BLACK ICE IN PATCHES ON THE RUNWAY THAT AFFECTED BRAKING.  A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER THAT HEARD THE ACCIDENT AND WERE ON SCENE IN MINUTES STATED THE RUNWAY WAS DRY.  THERE WAS SOME SNOW ON THE RUNWAY WHERE THE PROPELLER HAD KICKED IT WHEN CONTACTING THE BERM.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WAS RIGHTED SHOWED THE FLAP SELECTOR WAS IN THE 20 DEGREE DETENT AND THE FLAPS WERE POSITIONED AT 20 DEGREES. LOCAL WEATHER FROM AN AGRIMET STATION ON FIELD INDICATED 40 DEGREES F WITH WINDS LIGHT (2-3 MPH) AND FROM VARIABLE DIRECTIONS.

## 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 WPR14CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA075), Dec 24, 2013: Cessna 152 (N5533B), St. Ignatius, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach for landing that resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway overrun.

## Other reports on N5533B (2)

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

- [Accident 19910709027249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910709027249A), Jul 9, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5533B), Indian Springs, NV, Substantial damage. Flew into heavy rain. Unable find glasses got lost. Flew until fuel exhaustion. Landed nose first, flipped over.
- [Incident 19850409014589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850409014589I), Apr 9, 1985: Cessna 152 (N5533B), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Ran off side of runway on rollout during student cross country.

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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