# NTSB FTW84LA292: Cessna 152, N5215P, Giddings, TX, June 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Giddings, TX
- Coordinates: 30.639684, -97.679771 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6397&lon=-97.6798&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): 21382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA292

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT BECAME LOST. THE PLT LANDED TO REFUEL BUT THE FACILITY WAS CLOSED. HE DEPARTED TO REFUEL ELSEWHERE AND RAN ONE FUEL TANK DRY ENROUTE. UPON REACHING THE SECOND ARPT, THE PLT PERFORMED A LANDING ON RWY 35 AND RAN OFF THE END INTO A FENCE AND TREES. THE WIND WAS REPORTED SOUTHEASTERLY AT 10 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5215P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284895
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2O 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Andrew J. Howard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 11R, BRENHAM, TX
- Airport: 31R, Giddings Lee County, runway 35, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 135° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °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 19840623029129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840623029129A), Jun 23, 1984: Cessna 152, Giddings, TX, Substantial damage. Off course and low on fuel found an airport but landed downwind and overran the runway thru a fence into trees

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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