# NTSB CHI84LA138: Cessna 152, N68155, Pontiac, MI, March 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1984, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Coordinates: 42.469944, -83.060417 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-83.0604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12569
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12569/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA138

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST SOLO FLT. DURING THE FIRST TAKEOFF FOLLOWING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE ACFT WENTOFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK. AFTER THE COLLISION THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N68155 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285317
- Airframe hours: 961
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tradewinds Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 9, 1984, 23 hours before
- Airport: PTK, Pontiac-Oaklano, runway 9L, 2,350 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- 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 19840326008529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840326008529A), Mar 26, 1984: Cessna 152, Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control during takeoff and aircraft ran into 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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