# NTSB CHI83LA262: Cessna 152, N68438, Anoka, MN, June 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1983, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Anoka, MN
- Coordinates: 45.210536, -93.390525 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2105&lon=-93.3905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12216
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA262
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12216/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA262

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. THE LOW TIME STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT ON HIS 6TH AND FINAL LANDINGHE LANDED 'SLIGHTLY OFF RUNWAY.' WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL WAS LOWERED IT TOUCHED DOWN IN SOFT SAND AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68438](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68438-1983-11-10), registration cancelled 1983-11-10, S/N 15282296 (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: 152822296
- Airframe hours: 1627
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-R2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kent Siebert
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 9, 1982, 55 hours before
- Airport: Y25, Gateway North, runway 27, 2,365 × 130 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 61 °F

## 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 19830616025969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830616025969A), Jun 16, 1983: Cessna 152, Anoka, MN, Destroyed. Student pilot made landing off side of runway causing nose wheel to dig in and aircraft flipped 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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