# NTSB ANC87FA025: Cessna 152, N25063, Anchorage, AK, January 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1987, 14:08 local (18:08 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.219348, -149.850921 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2193&lon=-149.8509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4765
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC87FA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4765/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA025

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND APPLIED POWER FOR TAKEOFF WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SKID TO THE LEFT. HE CUT POWER, THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE SNOW BANK.

## 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
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper use of procedure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25063](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25063-1994-03-29), registration cancelled 1994-03-29, S/N 15280524 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280524
- Engines: LYCOMING O234-L2C 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: David B. Hingst
- Registered owner: Hangar One, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 10, 1986, 65 hours before
- Departed: MRI
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MRI, Merrill Field, runway 24, 3,999 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19870123001339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870123001339A), Jan 23, 1987: Cessna 152, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. The student lost directional control during touch and go practice on an icy runway. The aircraft struck a snowbank.

## Other investigations on N25063 (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 ANC91FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91FA104), Jul 21, 1991: Cessna 152 (N25063), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED CAUSES. FACTORS INCLUDE OBJECTS IN THE FLIGHT PATH ENCOUNTERED DURING THE EMERGENCY DESCENT.

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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