# NTSB DEN84LA141: Cessna 152, N94156, Billings, MT, May 1, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1984, 18:19 local (May 1, 1984, 00:19 UTC)
- Place: Billings, MT
- Coordinates: 45.649219, -108.380599 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6492&lon=-108.3806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16375
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16375/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA141

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, takeoff

## Analysis

DURING A CROSSWIND TAKEOFF THE RIGHT WING BEGAN TO RAISE JUST AS THE PLT WAS THINKING ABOUT ROTATING. THIS STARTLED HIM & HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE ACFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94156](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94156-2013-06-03), registration cancelled 2013-06-03, S/N 15285610, built 1982 (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: 15285610
- Airframe hours: 960
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lynch Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 1983, 60 hours before
- Airport: BIL, Billings Logan, runway 27R, 10,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19840430018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840430018269A), Apr 30, 1984: Cessna 152, Billings, MT, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during takeoff. It went off side of runway and flipped inverted.

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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