# NTSB CHI82DA313: Cessna 152, N6489B, Chatfield, MN, July 29, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 29, 1982, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Chatfield, MN
- Location: 43.8445° N, 92.1829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chatfield, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8445&lon=-92.1829&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70207
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA313
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70207/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA313

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT WITH A CROSSWIND FROM 300 DEG AT 17, GUSTING 26 KTS. THE WIND WAS BLOWING OVER TALL TREES ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, NEAR THE APPROACH END. THE PILOT STATED THAT THIS RESULTED IN A DOWNDRAFT AND/OR A LOSS OF AIRSPEED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR MOUNTING, PROPELLER, ENGINE FIRE WALL AND CABIN FLOOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6489B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6489B-1993-03-29), registration cancelled 1993-03-29, S/N 15283940 (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: 15283940
- Airframe hours: 864
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Freeman H. Welch
- Registered owner: Lee Anderson
- Departed: CHATFIELD, MN
- Destination: CHATFIELD, MN
- Airport: Meadowbrook, runway 36, 1,800 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 363 total, 143 in this make and model, 139 as pilot in command, 88 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 26 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 172 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RST

## 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 19820729040109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820729040109A), Jul 29, 1982: Cessna 152, Chatfield, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing in crosswind condition.

## Other investigations on N6489B (1)

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 NYC91LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA182), Jul 17, 1991: Cessna 152 (N6489B), Springwater, NY, destroyed. Probable cause: THE ON GROUND COLLISION WITH TREES DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A BROKEN EXHAUST VALVE.

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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