# NTSB CHI81DEX26: Cessna 152, N757MT, Shelbyville, IN, July 11, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 11, 1981
- Place: Shelbyville, IN · SHELBYVILLE, IN
- Location: 39.5466° N, 85.7768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelbyville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5466&lon=-85.7768&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81DEX26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEX26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1660  81/7/11    SHELBYVILLE,IN      CESSNA 152          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 51, 34 TOTAL
        TIME - 2048                    N757MT              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELBYVILLE MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROBINSON,IL                 KOKOMO,IN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- BCM LOST ON 1ST SOLO X-COUNTRY,FND ARPT & LNDD AT LATE DUSK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757MT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757MT-2010-01-20), registration cancelled 2010-01-20, S/N 15279855, 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Shelbyville Muni

## Other investigations on N757MT (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 CHI93LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA374), Sep 21, 1993: Cessna 152 (N757MT), Kokomo, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. FACTORS WERE HIS LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE AND HIS PREMATURE RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS.
- [NTSB CHI91LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA029), Nov 13, 1990: Cessna 152 (N757MT), Kokomo, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, RESULTING INADVERTENT PORPOISING.

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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