# NTSB DEN01LA061: Cessna 152, N152RC, Logan, UT, March 3, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 3, 2001, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Logan, UT
- Coordinates: 41.719394, -111.840522 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-111.8405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51847
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN01LA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51847/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA061

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

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

## Analysis

This was the student pilot's first solo flight. The first two landings on runway 35 had been accomplished without incident. The approach for a third landing had to be abandoned because there was an airplane still on the runway. The next approach resulted in a normal landing but during the rollout, the airplane raised up on its left main landing wheel. "I couldn't control the plane," the pilot wrote. The airplane veered "very hard" to the left into a snow bank. Winds recorded 6 minutes after the accident were from 240 degrees at 6 knots. This would present the pilot with slightly less than a 6 knot left crosswind component and a 2 knot tailwind component.

## Factual narrative

On March 3, 2001, approximately 1245 mountain standard time, N152RC, a Cessna 152, owned and operated by Utah State University, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during landing on runway 30 at Logan-Cache Airport, Logan, Utah. The student pilot, the only occupant aboard, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the instructional flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Logan at 1230.

This was the student pilot's first solo flight. He said that the first two landings had been accomplished without incident. His approach for the third landing was abandoned because there was an airplane still on the runway. The next approach resulted in a normal landing but during the rollout, the airplane raised up on its left main landing wheel. "I couldn't control the plane," the pilot wrote. The airplane veered "very hard" to the left into a snow bank.

Winds recorded 6 minutes after the accident were from 240 degrees at 6 knots. This would present the pilot with slightly less than a 6 knot LEFT crosswind component and a 2 knot tailwind component.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N152RC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152RC-2004-03-29), registration cancelled 2004-03-29, S/N 15282736, built 1978 (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: 15282736
- Airframe hours: 7297
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Utah State University
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 14, 2000, 89 hours before
- Departed: LGU, Logan, UT
- Airport: LGU, Logan-Cache, runway 35, 5,931 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; injuries: none; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: LGU

## 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 20010303003989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010303003989A), Mar 3, 2001: Cessna 152, Logan, UT, No damage. (-23) The student pilot was on his first supervised solo flight. He made two successful touch and go landings. On his third attempt he executed a go-around…

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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