# NTSB ANC84FA182: Cessna 152 II, N94491, Anchorage, AK, September 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1984, 14:29 local (22:29 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.219112, -149.849212 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2191&lon=-149.8492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4231
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84FA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4231/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA182

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LNDG PRACTICE. ON THE SECOND LNDG TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT WING DIPPED. THE PLT APPLIED RIGHT AILERON AND THE ACFT CONTINUED TOWARD TAXI LIGHTS. PLT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO AVOID TAXI LIGHTS AND ACFT HEADED TOWARD ANOTHER (PARKED) ACFT. PLT APPLIED MORE LEFT RUDDER TO AVOID PARKED ACFT AND WHEN HE SAW HE WOULD NOT PASS CLEAR, APPLIED BRAKES. BRAKE APPLICATION FAILED TO STOP ACFT BEFORE COLLISION OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94491](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94491-2019-02-20), registration cancelled 2019-02-20, S/N 15285690, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 II
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285690
- Airframe hours: 1281
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Alaska Aviation School
- Registered owner: Hilary A. Whitehead
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 12, 1984, 42 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Destination: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Airport: MRI, Merrill, runway 24, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 9 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRI

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840917049439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840917049439A), Sep 17, 1984: Cessna 152, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control on the landing roll. Left the runway and struck a parked aircraft.

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.

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