# NTSB CHI85LA107: Cessna 152, N93154, Mansfield, OH, February 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1985, 14:58 local (19:58 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Coordinates: 40.790424, -82.510612 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7904&lon=-82.5106&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): 13000
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13000/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA107

## 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
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND RWY 14, BUT LINED UP & LANDED RWY 05 WHICH WAS SNOW & ICE COVERED. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL STRIKING A SNOW BANK AND TURNING OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93154](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93154), registered now, S/N 15285422, built 1981 (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: 15285422
- Airframe hours: 1075
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Air Service Center Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 9, 1984, 20 hours before
- Departed: CAK, AKRON, OH
- Destination: MFD, MANSFIELD, OH
- Airport: MFD, Mansfield Lahm Muni, runway 5, 6,795 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 18 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MFD, 60 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 19850216043199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850216043199A), Feb 16, 1985: Cessna 152, Mansfield, OH, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on wrong runway that was closed. Weathervaned on icy runway and struck 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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