# NTSB CHI91LA295: Cessna 152, N5463L, Marion, IN, September 19, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 19, 1991, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Marion, IN
- Coordinates: 40.540542, -85.660354 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5405&lon=-85.6604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15187
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA295
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15187/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA295

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND RUN FROM A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH WHILE THE PILOT WAS MAKING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE SWERVED LEFT, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE DITCH AFTER HE APPLIED POWER TO TAKEOFF FROM THE TOUCH AND GO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5463L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5463L-1996-12-18), registration cancelled 1996-12-18, S/N 15284319 (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: 15284319
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Air Marion Inc.
- Airport: MZZ, Marion, runway 33, 3,596 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 26 total, 6 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at: GUS, 23 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 19910919041739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910919041739A), Sep 19, 1991: Cessna 152, Marion, IN, Substantial damage. Lost control on touch and go ran off runway into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N5463L (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 FTW97LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA024), Oct 18, 1996: Cessna 152 (N5463L), Clinton, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to obtain or maintain sufficient airspeed during the aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall…

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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