# NTSB CHI87LA065: Cessna 152, N4805B, Lansing, IL, January 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 25, 1987, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.559635, -87.540603 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5596&lon=-87.5406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13720
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13720/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA065

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - recovery from bounced landing - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## Analysis

DURING SECOND TOUCH & GO LANDING, PLT ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND. WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND, AFTER BOUNCING THREE TIMES,THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4805B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4805B-1988-05-13), registration cancelled 1988-05-13, S/N 15283646 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283646
- Airframe hours: 2341
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aviation Management Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 15, 1986, 49 hours before
- Departed: 3HA
- Destination: 3HA
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing Municipal, runway 27, 2,432 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 11 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19870125001029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870125001029A), Jan 25, 1987: Cessna 152, Lansing, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft drifted into a snowbank during go around. The student bounced on landing and initiated a go around.

## Other investigations on N4805B (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 CHI83LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA229), May 27, 1983: Cessna 152 (N4805B), Holland, MI, substantial damage

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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