# NTSB DEN85LA226: Cessna 152, Rocklake, ND, August 21, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1985, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Rocklake, ND
- Coordinates: 48.790149, -99.239791 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7901&lon=-99.2398&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16753
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA226
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16753/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA226

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT GOT LOST DURING HER 1ST SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT. SHE SUBSEQUENTLY ATTEMPTED A LNG ON A GRAVEL ROAD BUT SWERVED THE A/C OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ONCOMING CAR & THE A/C RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGZSQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152-80649
- Airframe hours: 6281
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Interlake Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 11, 1985, 95 hours before
- Departed: GIMLI, MANITOBA, OF
- Destination: GIMLI MANTOBA, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F

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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