- Date
- April 28, 2022, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46733Cessna 152
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220428006559A
- Case key
- 105018
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while attempting to land in a crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the flare of a crosswind landing, he was late to apply right rudder and the airplane landed left of centerline and continued off the left side of the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane nosed over, and came to rest inverted in the grass, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46733
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283096
- Built
- 1978
- Airframe hours
- 9,034.8
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sky Park Inc
- Registered owner
- Sky Park Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 2022
- Airport
- 15G · Weltzien Skypark Airport, runway 03, 2,410 × 37 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 38 in this make and model · 3.7 as pilot in command · 3.2 in the last 90 days · 2.4 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.24 inHg
- Observed at
- BJJ, 10 nm away
- METAR
- KBJJ 282156Z AUTO 36008KT 10SM CLR 11/M04 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP248 T01061044
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 3, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N46733 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.