# NTSB DEN83LA025: Cessna 152, N24378, Afton, WY, November 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 26, 1982, 15:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place: Afton, WY
- Coordinates: 42.720924, -110.920951 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7209&lon=-110.9210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69695
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69695/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA025

## 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
  - landing gear,normal brake system - locked (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - frozen (cause)
  - directional control - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY AND THE BRAKES WERE FROZEN. THE AIRCRAFT HIT BARE PAVEMENT AND VEERED TO THE LEFT. WHEEL DROPPED OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY INTO A SNOW BANK. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD TAXIED AND TAKEN OFF THROUGH PATCHES OF SLUSH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH WHEEL PANTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24378](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24378-2018-01-11), registration cancelled 2018-01-11, S/N 15280244 (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: 15280244
- Airframe hours: 1655
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Steve Graham
- Registered owner: Jerry Campbell
- Departed: AFO, AFTON, WY
- Destination: AFO, AFTON, WY
- Airport: AFO, Afton Municipal, runway 34, 4,200 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 80 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RKS, 145 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 19821126060289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821126060289A), Nov 26, 1982: Cessna 152, Afton, WY, Substantial damage. Frozen wheels grabbed bare pavement after touchdown on snow causing aircraft to flip inverted.

## Other investigations on N24378 (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 CHI89LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA134), Jul 13, 1989: Cessna 152 (N24378), Grosse Ile, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S NOT CORRECTING THE PORPOISE ON THE FIRST LANDING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT IS THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE OF THE STUDENT PILOT.

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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