# NTSB ATL83LA136: Cessna 152, N6243M, Jasper, AL, March 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Jasper, AL
- Coordinates: 33.820419, -87.289611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8204&lon=-87.2896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6031
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6031/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA136

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - to takeoff
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AS THE ACFT WAS TAXIING ON RWY 9 FOR A TAKEOFF ON RWY 27 THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DROPPED OFF THE RWY INTO SOFT TERRAIN. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI BACK ONTO THE RWY BY TURNING THE NOSE GEAR TO GET A BETTER EDGE. NEVERTHELESS, BOTH THE NOSE &LEFT GEAR LEFT THE RWY & THE ACFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE ARPT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION & HAD NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6243M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284644
- Airframe hours: 485
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Barrantine, Daniel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 25, 1982, 84 hours before
- Airport: 12, Bevill Field, runway 27, 4,000 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 143 total, 143 in this make and model, 86 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point -0 °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 19830313009129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830313009129A), Mar 13, 1983: Cessna 152, Jasper, AL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was taxied off runway edge into soft terrain and flipped on its back.

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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