# Accident 20141206021819A: Cessna 152, Berrien Springs, MI, December 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2014, 15:30 local time
- Place: Berrien Springs, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9497° N, 86.3667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9497&lon=-86.3667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25979, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25979) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141206021819A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/06/2014 THIS CESSNA CE-152, N25979 WAS INVOLVED IN A AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING RUNWAY 21 AT ANDREWS AIRPARK, C20 AND CROSSED INTERSECTING RUNWAY 13, CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET PAST RUNWAY 13. RAN UP AN EMBANKMENT AND TO CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY AN ANOTHER 30 FEET AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.  THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THIS EVENT.

## 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 CEN15CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA073), Dec 6, 2014: Cessna 152 (N25979), Berrien Springs, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing and his poor decision not to abort the landing before the airplane traveled off the end of the airstrip.

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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