# NTSB CEN22LA025: Cessna 152, N46370, Cresson, TX, October 31, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 31, 2021, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Cresson, TX - Coordinates: 32.581019, -97.590641 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5810&lon=-97.5906&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA North Texas FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104192 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA025 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104192/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104192 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA025 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with trees. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 41 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The solo student pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to practice maneuvers in the traffic pattern. During a touch and go landing on a dry asphalt runway and as the student pilot was about to retract the flaps and apply power, the airplane started to “veer off drastically” to the left. The student pilot applied right rudder and the brakes, but the airplane departed the left side of the runway and impacted several trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. A postaccident examination found no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N46370](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46370-2022-12-24), registration cancelled 2022-12-24, S/N 15283040, built 1978 (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: 15283040 - Year built: 1978 - Airframe hours: 8559.1 - Engines: Lycoming Engines O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Aquila Aircraft Rental Services LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 17, 2021 - Airport: 50F, Bourland Fld, runway 17/35, 4,049 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 51 total, 50.2 in this make and model, 4.7 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 120° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: KFWS, 14 nm away - METAR: KFWS 312049Z 12009KT 10SM CLR 28/07 A3004 ## 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 20211031023139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211031023139A), Oct 31, 2021: Cessna 152, Cresson, TX, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted], A Cessna 152 was practicing takeoffs and landings during an unsupervised solo flight by the student pilot in command (PIC). During the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 5, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104192. 6.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12960632&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120_1%20Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 4.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12948938&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - NTSB airframe examination report (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 355 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12948948&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN22LA025%20Examination%20Report-Rel.pdf 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. 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