# NTSB FTW84LA332: Cessna A152, N4839A, Fort Worth, TX, August 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1984, 20:05 local (Aug 2, 1984, 01:05 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&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): 21414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA332
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21414/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA332

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - total, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE LANDED TOO FAR DOWN THE RWY & COULD NOT GET THE ACFT STOPPED PRIOR TO RUNNING OFF THE END & COLLIDING WITH A GAS METER & A FENCE. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE LANDING ATTEMPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4839A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4839A-1988-12-20), registration cancelled 1988-12-20, S/N A1520899 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520899
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Julian P. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed: F72, FORT WORTH, TX
- Airport: F72, Oak Grove, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW, 10 nm away

## 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 19840801041619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840801041619A), Aug 1, 1984: Cessna A152, Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Landed to FAR down the runway. Unable to stop. Ran off the end and struck a gas meter and a fence.

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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