# NTSB FTW84LA040: Cessna 152, N25788, Weslaco, TX, October 31, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1983, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Coordinates: 26.159683, -97.98085 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1597&lon=-97.9809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA040

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS ON A SOLO FLT. ON HIS 1ST APCH, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE REPORTED THAT HE APPLIED EXCESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER, THEN USED EXCESSIVE LEFT RUDDER AS A COUNTER CORRECTION. THE ACFT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & WENT INTO A PLOWED FIELD. THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT TERRAIN & COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25788](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25788-2011-11-09), registration cancelled 2011-11-09, S/N 15280785, 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: 15280785
- Airframe hours: 1188
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Beeline Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 1983, 56 hours before
- Airport: T56, Mid Valley, runway 13, 3,000 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °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 19831031055769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831031055769A), Oct 31, 1983: Cessna 152, Weslaco, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during touch and go landing. Aircraft flipped inverted.

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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