# NTSB FTW83LA070: Cessna 152, N89757, Fort Worth, TX, December 29, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 29, 1982, 15:28 local (21:28 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.820716, -97.360824 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8207&lon=-97.3608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70727
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70727/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA070

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 34R BUT OVERFLEW HIS BASE LEG & TURNED FINAL TO RWY 34L. HE TURNED IN CLOSE BEHIND A C-150 THAT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 34L & WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE TOWER TO GO-AROUND. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING THE LENGTH OF THE RWY DEVIATING LEFT & RIGHT, & THEN CRASH IN AN OPEN FIELD NORTH OF RWY 34L. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT WENT THROUGH A CREEK & COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT ON THE FAR SIDE. THE PLT SAID HE ATTEMPTED THE GO-AROUND WITH FULL FLAPS DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89757](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89757-1985-03-20), registration cancelled 1985-03-20, S/N 15282855 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282855
- Airframe hours: 3269
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Boardman Flight Academy
- Registered owner: Boardman Flight Academy
- Departed: FTW, FORT WORTH, TX
- Destination: FTW, FORT WORTH, TX
- Airport: FTW, Meacham Field, runway 34L, 4,000 × 75 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 66 total, 66 in this make and model, 16 as pilot in command, 66 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 109 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW

## 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 19821229065189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821229065189A), Dec 29, 1982: Cessna 152, Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot overflew base leg and lined up with other runway with traffic. Confused, landed beyond runway.

## Other investigations on N89757 (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 FTW82FPD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD04), Nov 12, 1981: Cessna 152 (N89757), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage

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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