# NTSB CHI84LA098: Cessna 152, N4888H, Pontiac, MI, January 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1984, 12:19 local (18:19 UTC)
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&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): 12538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA098

## 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)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - weather evaluation - misjudged, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4888H), registered now, S/N 15283999, built 1979 (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: 15283999
- Airframe hours: 1379
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840128001579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128001579A), Jan 28, 1984: Cessna 152, Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Student lost control while landing in a gusty crosswind. Veered off the runway into a snowbank.

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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