# NTSB CHI84LA159: Cessna 152, N94213, Stow, OH, April 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1984, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Stow, OH
- Coordinates: 41.169021, -81.430809 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1690&lon=-81.4308&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): 12585
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12585/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA159

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS LANDING ON RWY 1 WITH A GUSTY X-WIND CONDITION. ON FINAL APCH, HE CRABBED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE X-WIND. HE STATED THAT AT ABOUT 10 FT AGL, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND & STALLED ONTO THE RWY. IT THEN BOUNCED, TOUCHED DOWN NOSEWHEEL 1ST & VEERED TO THE LEFT WHERE IT WENT INTO A DITCH & NOSED OVER. WITNESSES STATED THE WIND WAS VARIABLE & GUSTY. ABOUT 14 MI SOUTH AT AKRON, OH, THE WIND WAS FROM 330 DEG AT 15 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N94213 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285621
- Airframe hours: 699
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kent State University
- Registered owner: Sharbryn Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 15, 1984, 100 hours before
- Departed: 7G2, ASHTABULA, OH
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 1G3, Kent State Univ., runway 1, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CAK, 14 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 19840425014469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840425014469A), Apr 25, 1984: Cessna 152, Stow, OH, Substantial damage. Student pilot said gust of wind caught aircrafts left wing causing it to bounce and come down nose first.

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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