# NTSB CHI84LA062: Cessna 152, N48544, Peoria, IL, December 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 17, 1983, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Coordinates: 42.010215, -89.329978 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0102&lon=-89.3300&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): 12506
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12506/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA062

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A TOUCH & GO LANDING ON A RWY COVERED WITH LOOSE SNOW & PATCHES OF ICE. HE REPORTED THAT WHEN HE ADDED POWER DURING HIS 1ST TOUCH & GO, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT & SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N48544 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283348
- Airframe hours: 601
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harold R. Camden
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, November 15, 1983, 11 hours before
- Airport: 3MY, Mt. Hawley, runway 35, 2,800 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 3 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 12 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIA, 10 nm away

## 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 19831217061549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831217061549A), Dec 17, 1983: Cessna 152, Peoria, IL, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Veered into a snowbank and nosed 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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