# NTSB FTW01LA045: Cessna 152, N68472, Bristow, OK, January 4, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 4, 2001, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Bristow, OK - Coordinates: 35.144721, -96.425277 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1447&lon=-96.4253&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 50882 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW01LA045 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50882/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA045 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions, which resulted in the airplane striking a snow bank during the landing flare/touchdown. A factor was the crosswind weather condition. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that a crosswind kept the airplane left of the runway's centerline. The airplane's left main landing gear struck a snow bank and the airplane veered off the runway. The pilot applied full power; however, the airplane nosed down, the left wing and propeller struck the ground, and the airplane returned to a level attitude before coming to rest. ## Factual narrative On January 4, 2001, at 1500 central standard time, a Cessna 152, single-engine airplane, N68472, sustained substantial damage when the left main landing gear struck a snow bank during the landing flare/touchdown on runway 17 at the Jones Memorial Airport, Bristow, Oklahoma. The airplane was owned by Christiansen Aviation at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and operated by the Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater, Oklahoma, under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The student pilot, sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional flight, and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed. The cross-country flight departed Shawnee, Oklahoma, at 1345. The pilot reported that a "slight crosswind from approximately 180 degrees kept me left of course to touchdown." At touchdown, the airplane continued left until the "left main [landing gear] hit the snow bank." The airplane veered off the runway into the grass. The pilot applied full power for a soft field takeoff "but it didn't work." The airplane nosed down, the left wing and propeller struck the ground, and the airplane returned to a level attitude before coming to rest. The operator's personnel responding to the accident site, found the left wing bent and crumpled with structural damage to the main spar. The operator reported the wind from the south at 10 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N68472](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68472-2012-07-18), registration cancelled 2012-07-18, S/N 15282308, built 1978 (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: 15282308 - Airframe hours: 5428.8 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Oklahoma State University - Registered owner: Christiansen Aviation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 9, 2000, 95.2 hours before - Departed: SNL, SHAWNEE, OK - Destination: 3F7, BRISTOW, OK - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 3F7, Jones Memorial, runway 17, 3,400 × 45 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 34 total, 33 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 10 °F ## 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 20010104007959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010104007959A), Jan 4, 2001: Cessna 152, Bristow, OK, Substantial damage. (.4)On January 4, 2001, at 1500 central standard time, a Cessna 152, single-engine airplane, N68472, sustained substantial damage when the left main landing… ## Other investigations on N68472 (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 DFW05CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA101), Apr 8, 2005: Cessna 152 (N68472), Stillwater, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.