# NTSB CHI94LA143: Cessna 152, N758ZC, Willmar, MN, April 30, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1994, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Willmar, MN
- Coordinates: 45.120624, -95.0401 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1206&lon=-95.0401&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 14, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9514
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9514/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA143

## Probable cause

the failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control during touch and go landings.  A factor was the pilot in command's lack of total experience and the snowbank located off the side of the runway.

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING ROLLOUT ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE STUDENT SOLO PILOT ADDED POWER FOR TAKEOFF AND THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT REDUCED POWER, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY EDGE AND STRUCK A SNOW BERM.

## Factual narrative

On April 30, 1994, at 1110 hours central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N758ZC, operated as a training aircraft by Flying Scotchman, Inc., of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, departed the left side of runway 10 (5700' x 100') at Willmar Municipal Airport, Willmar, Minnesota, struck a snow bank, and overturned.  The solo student pilot was not injured.  The airplane was substantially damaged.  Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident and winds were 330 degrees at 5 knots.  The flight originated at Crystal Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 1018 hours central standard time.  The pilot was performing touch and go landings at Willmar Municipal Airport, added power for takeoff, lost directional control and departed the runway edge.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N758ZC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758ZC-2006-11-16), registration cancelled 2006-11-16, S/N A152-1027 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1521027
- Airframe hours: 3053
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Flying Scotchman, Inc., doing business as Flying Scotchman, Inc.
- Registered owner: Flying Scotchman, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1994, 43 hours before
- Departed: MIC, CRYSTAL, MN
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ILL, Willmar Municipal Airport, runway 10, 5,700 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 40 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ILL

## 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 19940430009699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940430009699A), Apr 30, 1994: Cessna A152, Willmar, MN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on touch and go. Departed runway. Struck a snowberm.

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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