# NTSB ATL86LA015: Cessna 152, N757MC, Marietta, GA, October 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 25, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Location: 33.9536° N, 84.5425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marietta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9536&lon=-84.5425&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): 7028
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7028/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA015

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING AN ATTEMPTED TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE STUDENT PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING TOUCHDOWN, VEERED OFF THE RWY AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757MC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757MC-1989-01-26), registration cancelled 1989-01-26, S/N 15279840 (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: 152-79840
- Airframe hours: 4270
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Big Shanty Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 22, 1985, 87 hours before
- Departed: 8A4, MARIETTA, GA
- Airport: 8A4, Mcgollum, runway 9, 4,591 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 21 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °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 19851025054249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851025054249A), Oct 25, 1985: Cessna 152, Marietta, GA, Substantial damage. Student porpoised on first landing. Lost directional control, veered off runway and flipped inverted.

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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