# NTSB DEN89LA023: Cessna 152, N757XV, Billings, MT, October 24, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 24, 1988, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Billings, MT
- Coordinates: 45.760753, -108.569686 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7608&lon=-108.5697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17635/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - weather condition - gusts
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, WITH REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 14 KTS. DURING A LANDING THE PLT MISJUDGED THE FLARE AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. HE SAID THE WIND RAISED THE RIGHT WING AND THAT HE OVERCORRECTED WITH AILERON AND PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE, PRODUCING A STALL. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE RWY AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757XV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757XV-1992-01-30), registration cancelled 1992-01-30, S/N 15280094 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152-80094
- Airframe hours: 2319
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Corporate Air Of Billings
- Registered owner: Corporate Air Of Billings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 20, 1988, 11 hours before
- Departed: BIL
- Destination: BIL
- Airport: BIL, Billings-Logan, runway 22, 5,704 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 4 knots, gusting 14
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19881024047589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881024047589A), Oct 24, 1988: Cessna 152, Billings, MT, Substantial damage. Student tried to land in crosswind. Floated,tried to go around,wind lifted wing,raised nose,stalled, ground looped.

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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