- Date
- January 28, 1984, 12:19 local (18:19 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4888HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840128001579A
- Case key
- 12538
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
Weather evaluation - misjudgedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
During a cross wind landing the acft veered left, collided with a snowbank and nosed over. The winds were gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4888H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283999
- Airframe hours
- 1,379
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tradewinds Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 20, 1983 · 49 hours before
- Airport
- PTK · Oaklano-Pontiac, runway 27R, 3,250 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 23 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.