# NTSB ATL90LA025: Cessna 152, N95617, Dyersburg, TN, November 4, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 4, 1989, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Dyersburg, TN
- Coordinates: 36.029331, -89.380729 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0293&lon=-89.3807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 10, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL90LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA025

## Probable cause

PILOT'S TEMPORARY PHYSICAL CONDITION (POSSIBLE HYPERVENTILATION OR ANXIETY ATTACK).  SOFT TERRAIN IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A RELATED FACTOR.

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise
  - miscellaneous
  - physiological condition, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - performed
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

A PRIVATE PLT (18 YEAR OLD STUDENT, FLYING A UNIVERSITY ACFT) WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. DRG THE FLT, HE NOTED A TINGLING FEELING THAT BEGAN IN HIS FINGERTIPS. AT FIRST, HE WAS NOT CONCERNED, SINCE HE THOUGHT IT WAS CAUSED BY HOLDING THE CONTROLS TOO TIGHTLY. AS TIME PASSED, THE TINGLING SPREAD UP HIS ARMS & A SIMILAR SENSATION WAS NOTED IN HIS LEGS. THE TINGLING TURNED TO NUMBNESS & EVENTUALLY AFFECTED HIS FACE & SPEECH. HE ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING; HOWEVER, THE FIELD THAT HE SELECTED WAS SOFTER THAN HE EXPECTED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE WHEELS ENTERED THE SOFT DIRT & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS FAILED TO REVEAL ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N95617 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285939
- Airframe hours: 3237
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Southern Ill Univ Bd Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 31, 1989, 10 hours before
- Departed: MADISONVILLE, KY
- Destination: DYR, DYERSBURG, TN
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 40 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MEM

## 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 19891104044369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891104044369A), Nov 4, 1989: Cessna 152, Dyersburg, TN, Substantial damage. Reported numbness in extremities. Elected to land in plowed field and nosed over.

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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