# NTSB FTW82DA400: Cessna 152, N24313, Dumas, TX, September 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1982, 19:20 local (Sep 27, 1982, 00:20 UTC)
- Place: Dumas, TX
- Coordinates: 35.860485, -101.95996 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8605&lon=-101.9600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70520
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA400
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70520/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA400

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE STUDENT'S FIRST SOLO TAKEOFF & LANDING, SHE WAS NOT LINED UP WITH THE RUNWAY & ELECTED TO GO AROUND. POWER WAS APPLIED & THE FLAPS WERE FULLY RETRACTED. THE ACFT IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO THE GROUND LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24313](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24313), registered now, S/N 15280210, built 1977 (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: 15280210
- Airframe hours: 1510
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Butchs'Flight Serv.
- Registered owner: Herschel W. Brown, Jr.
- Departed: 436, DUMAS, TX
- Destination: 436, DUMAS, TX
- Airport: 436, Dumas Municipal, runway 14, 3,700 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 19820926049889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820926049889A), Sep 26, 1982: Cessna 152, Dumas, TX, Substantial damage. Student on first solo flight stalled aircraft on a attempted go-around.

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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