# NTSB CHI84IA195: Cessna 152, N5243Q, Mansfield, OH, May 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1984, 13:43 local (17:43 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Coordinates: 40.790153, -82.510665 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7902&lon=-82.5107&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): 12448
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84IA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12448/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84IA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL CROSS WIND LANDING AND AFTER A 5-10 FT GROUND ROLL, WAS BLOWN OFF THE RT SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5243Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5243Q), registered now, S/N 15285089, built 1981 (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: 15285089
- Airframe hours: 1759
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kent State University
- Registered owner: Cessna Finance Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 25, 1984, 57 hours before
- Departed: 1G3, STOW, OH
- Destination: MFD, MANSFIELD, OH
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MFD, Mansfield-Lahm, runway 5, 6,795 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 49 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MFD

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19840516031489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840516031489I), May 16, 1984: Cessna 152, Mansfield, OH, Minor damage. Veered off runway on landing rollout. Practicing cross wind landing procedures.

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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