# NTSB ATL82DLG09: Cessna 152, N25225, Grantiteville, SC, January 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1982, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Grantiteville, SC
- Coordinates: 33.560401, -81.810333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5604&lon=-81.8103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70886
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DLG09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70886/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DLG09

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE AIRPORT AT HIS INTENDED DESTINATION. HE SAW ANOTHER AIRPORT AND ELECTED TO LAND. A NO-FLAP APPROACH WAS MADE TO RWY 24 WITH A NORTH WIND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 500 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END AND THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. IT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN A FEW FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, SKIDDED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25225](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25225), registered now, S/N 15280541, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- 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: 15282862
- Airframe hours: 2503
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: James E Young
- Registered owner: Shaw Afb Aero Club
- Departed: CHESTER, SC
- Destination: AIKEN, SC
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: SC42, Twin Lakes, runway 24, 5,000 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 13 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles

## 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 19820108000519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820108000519A), Jan 8, 1982: Cessna 152, Graniteville, SC, Substantial damage. Student lost on crosscountry. Tried to land downwind on private strip. Ran off end. Struck embankment.

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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