# NTSB CHI82DA023: Cessna 152, N6265P, Peoria, IL, January 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1982, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Coordinates: 40.739253, -89.600418 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7393&lon=-89.6004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72191
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72191/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

REPORTEDLY, THE STUDENT TOOKOFF WITHOUT HIS INSTRUCTOR'S APPPROVAL. HE INITIATED A TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 35 WITH THE WIND FROM 230 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS. HE STATED THAT THE WIND SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIM FROM BEHIND AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LIFT OFF. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST DURING ROTATION. THE PILOT ACCIDENTLY HIT THE LEFT BRAKE AND THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT SNOW COVERED TERRAIN BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A WINDSHIFT AT THE NEAREST WEATHER REPORTING STATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6265P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284992
- Airframe hours: 534
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Mount Hawley Aviation
- Registered owner: Harry Wyman
- Departed: 3MY, PEORIA, IL
- Destination: 3MY, PEORIA, IL
- Airport: 3MY, Mount Hawley, runway 35, 2,800 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIA, 9 nm away

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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