# NTSB ERA22LA331: Cessna 152, N49189, Hillsboro, OH, July 12, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 12, 2022, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Hillsboro, OH
- Coordinates: 39.188465, -83.539415
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1885&lon=-83.5394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA331
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105552/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105552
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA331

## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained

## Analysis

The pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane in light crosswind conditions. He reported that just before touchdown the airplane began to settle. He added power and after a hard three-point landing the airplane veered left. He corrected back to centerline; however, the airplane went right and then left again and exited the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage and right horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49189](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49189), registered now, S/N 15281182 (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: 15281182
- Year built: 1977
- Airframe hours: 3614.1
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 26, 2022
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: HOC, Highland County, runway 23, 3,520 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 20, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 2,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 2,400 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.61 inHg
- Observed at: ILN, 18 nm away
- METAR: KILN 012054Z AUTO 11005KT 6SM -RA BR BKN075 OVC090 12/11 A2961 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP031 P0005 60040 T01170111 56011

## 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 20220712012369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220712012369A), Jul 12, 2022: Cessna 152, Hillsboro, OH, Substantial damage. During a crosswind approach and landing the airman made a hard landing and was unable to maintain directional control which lead to the aircraft departing the…

## Other investigations on N49189 (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 SEA05LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA196), Sep 18, 2005: Cessna 152 (N49189), Olympia, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control during landing roll, and airplane's subsequent inadvertent ground loop.

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 8, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105552. 2.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14399174&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 123 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14399624&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFR%20pilot-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14400143&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

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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