# NTSB FTW82DA058: Cessna 152, N5101B, Cleveland, TX, February 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 14, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Cleveland, TX
- Coordinates: 30.340923, -95.069808 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3409&lon=-95.0698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70279
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70279/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON THE SECOND LANDING OF A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED AND THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE WIND SOCK POLE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5101B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5101B-2013-03-25), registration cancelled 2013-03-25, S/N 15283743, built 1979 (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: 15283743
- Airframe hours: 946
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Texas Skymasters Inc.
- Registered owner: Texas Skymasters Inc.
- Departed: GR3, CLEVELAND, TX
- Destination: GR3, CLEVELAND, TX
- Airport: GR3, Cleveland, runway 33, 3,160 × 65 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 1 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 160 °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 19820214004099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820214004099A), Feb 14, 1982: Cessna 152, Cleveland, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control. Aircraft ran off runway into windsock.

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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