# NTSB CHI84LA240: Cessna 152, N93023, Indianapolis, IN, June 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1984, 23:00 local (Jun 17, 1984, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Coordinates: 40.059047, -85.920867 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0590&lon=-85.9209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12653/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA240

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, go-around (vfr)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night

## Analysis

PLT STATED AIRSPEED APPEARED TOO FAST ON FINAL SO A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. POWER WAS ADVANCED AND PLT RAISED THE FLAPS WHICH WERE FULL DOWN. PLT STATED, WHEN FLAPS CAME UP THE ACFT STARTED SINKING AND IT SETTLED INTO TREES OFF THE END OF RWY. PLT STATED ACFT DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO CLEAR THE TREES. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES. THE PLT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO FLY THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N93023 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 85379
- Airframe hours: 843
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2E 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Indianapolis Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 14, 1983, 100 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IND, 15 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 19840616024809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840616024809A), Jun 16, 1984: Cessna 152, Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot carrying passenger allowed aircraft to collide with trees during a go around at night.

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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