# NTSB ATL84LA272: Cessna 152, N25945, Fair Hope, AL, August 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1984, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Fair Hope, AL
- Coordinates: 30.509267, -87.880615 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5093&lon=-87.8806&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): 6534
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA272
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6534/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA272

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - object - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT EXCESSIVELY FLARED THE ACFT ON LANDING AT WHICH TIME THE ACFT BALLOONED. RECOVERY FROM THE BALLOON WAS MADE BUT UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RWY. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND CONTACTED SEVERAL SMALL TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25945](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25945-2009-06-11), registration cancelled 2009-06-11, S/N 15280873, 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: 15280873
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dan Hill
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 1984, 28 hours before
- Departed: FAIR HOPE, AL
- Airport: 4R4, Fairhope Municipal, runway 19, 5,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 8 total, 8 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °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 19840825048659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840825048659A), Aug 25, 1984: Cessna 152, Fair Hope, AL, Substantial damage. Bounced and ballooned on landing. Came down sideways on the runway. Lost control ran off into some small trees.

## Other investigations on N25945 (2)

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 DFW07CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA106), May 9, 2007: Cessna 152 (N25945), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the prevailing crosswind.
- [NTSB MIA91LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA049), Dec 20, 1990: Cessna 152 (N25945), Deland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO UTILIZE CARBURETOR HEAT IN ICING CONDITIONS.

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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