# NTSB investigations: Cessna A152: Loss of control - on ground/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW98LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA180.md): Cessna A152 · Brigham City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1998 · N758YT · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch and go landing. Related factors were: the pilot allowed his attention to be diverted into the cockpit for an excessive amount of time, and the encounter with a ditch.
- [NTSB FTW98LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA017.md): Cessna A152 · Rockwall, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1997 · N4957A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and her failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing. Factors were the wind gust and the turbulence.
- [NTSB ATL95LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA146.md): Cessna 152A · Sanford, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1995 · N7348B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff portion of a touch and go landing.
- [NTSB SEA94LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA185.md): Cessna A152 · Bremerton, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1994 · N761UA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
- [NTSB CHI94LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA143.md): Cessna 152 · Willmar, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1994 · N758ZC · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control during touch and go landings. A factor was the pilot in command's lack of total experience and the snowbank located off the side of the runway.
- [NTSB CHI91LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA037.md): Cessna 152 · Muskegon, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 2, 1990 · N7321B · Substantial damage
  > Directional control not maintained by the PIC.
- [NTSB DEN88LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA003.md): Cessna 152 · Tremonton, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1987 · N7572B · Substantial damage
  > The student plt flew to the first stop on his cross country training flight. He misread the windsock and landed downwind on runway 17. After touchdown the pilot lost control of the aircraft and taxied off the left side of the runway, hit a fence and a tree…
- [NTSB MIA87LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA105.md): Cessna A152 · Cocoa, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 11, 1987 · N4649A · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that after touchdown the acft was blown off the left side of the rwy, after which, it collided with trees & came to rest. According to the plt's operating handbook the max demonstrated crosswind velocity is 12 KTS. At the time of the accident…
- [NTSB ANC87LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA037.md): Cessna A152 · Chugiak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 1987 · N761UC · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings on a snow covered runway when the pilot lost control of the aircraft, struck a runway perimeter snow berm and nosed over.
- [NTSB SEA85LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA039.md): Cessna 152A · Pullman, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 5, 1985 · N4702A · Substantial damage
  > Plt made 10 touch and go landings and had just raised the flaps and was applying full pwr to initiate another takeoff. Noting he was rt of the centerline he applied left rudder. Acft veered sharply to the left where it slid on ice into a snowbank.
- [NTSB SEA85LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA045.md): Cessna A152 · Deer Park, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 19, 1984 · N7336B · Substantial damage
  > During landing practice on an instructional flight at an uncontrolled arpt, acft was being taxiied back for takeoff after a full stop landing. Surface was icy and snow-covered. Student was practicing directional control exercise with rudder. Acft skidded and…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071836')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071836&occurrence=260

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