# NTSB ATL83LA105: Cessna 152, N49018, Mocksville, NC, February 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1983, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Mocksville, NC
- Coordinates: 35.889644, -80.550155 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8896&lon=-80.5502&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 case key (mKey): 6010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6010/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA105

## 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
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN THE MUD OFF THE RWY DURING LANDING. THIS WAS THE STUDENT PLTS 2ND SOLO AND DURING LANDING ROLL INPREPARATION FOR A RUNNING TAKE OFF (TOUCH AND GO) CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS LOST. THE STUDENT SAID HE STARTED TO GO THEN CHANGED HIS MIND AND DECIDED TO STOP. DURING THIS PERIOD THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY. THE GROUND WAS SOFT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49018](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49018-1988-07-15), registration cancelled 1988-07-15, S/N 15281104 (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: 15281104
- Airframe hours: 2002
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: L. G. Pfefferkorn
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, December 21, 1982, 44 hours before
- Departed: 8A7, MOCKSVILLE, NC
- Airport: 8A7, Twin Lakes, runway 27, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 9 total, 9 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19830216004169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830216004169A), Feb 16, 1983: Cessna 152, Mocksville, NC, Substantial damage. On second solo landing student lost directional control and ran off runway. Aircraft flipped over in muddy area.

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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