# Accident 20200530007399A: Cessna 152, Arlington, TX, May 30, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2020, 20:27 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0942° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757BE-2022-12-03) (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, student
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 180 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200530007399A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 30, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 2027 CST,  N757BE, A 1977 CESSNA 152, WAS TRAVELING FROM GRANBURY REGIONAL AIRPORT TO ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ON A SOUTHEAST HEADING, FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLIGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME. UPON TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, A CROSS WIND GUST LIFTED THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT, TO WHICH THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE CONDITION BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO ITS LEFT WHILE ENTERING A GROUND LOOP CONDITION.

DURING THE GROUND LOOP SKID, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ITS ATTACHMENT POINT RIPPED OUT AND FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST, FACING NORTHEAST, ON IT NOSE AND RIGHT WING.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD LOWER FUSELAGE,  RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT WING STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT AT THE FUSELAGE.  THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE FROM JUST BELOW THE WING LEADING EDGE DOWN TO THE LEFT WING STRUT FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINT. THE WINDSHIELD WAS ALSO BROKEN IN SEVERAL AREAS. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT BUT DAMAGED. ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES HAD A SLIGHT BEND ON IT.  THE AFT FUSELAGE, EMPANAGE AND TAIL WHEEL WERE INTACT.

THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER, WERE UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN20CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA202), May 31, 2020: Cessna 152 (N757BE), Arlington, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane directional control during a gusty crosswind landing.

## Other reports on N757BE (2)

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

- [Incident 19800719077169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800719077169I), Jul 19, 1980: Cessna 150 (N757BE), San Diego, CA. Student crossed active runway without clearance.
- [Accident 19770917039439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770917039439A), Sep 17, 1977: Cessna A150K (N757BE), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage

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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