# NTSB CHI86LA027: Cessna 152, N24457, Lansing, MI, November 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1985, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13383
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13383/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA027

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - wire,static
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT STRUCK WIRES DURING THE RECOVERY PHASE OF A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING APCH. THE PLT CONTINUED THE FLT FOR APRX 1 HR AFTER THE WIRE STRIKE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT WING WAS NEEDED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24457](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24457-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 15280266, built 1977 (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: 15280266
- Airframe hours: 1333
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Winged Spartans, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 24, 1985
- Departed: LAN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19851108058309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851108058309A), Nov 8, 1985: Cessna 152, Lansing, MI, Substantial damage. Struck wires on a go around to a simulated forced landing, then flew for another hour before landing. Damaged wing.

## Other investigations on N24457 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA95LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA052), Jan 1, 1995: Cessna 152 (N24457), New Smyrna Bch., FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: INTENTIONAL FLIGHT INTO KNOWN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS BY A NONINSTRUMENT-RATED PILOT, AND THE PILOT'S SUBSEQUENT SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOTS'…

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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