# NTSB FTW85LA049: Cessna 152, N64975, Denver City, TX, November 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1984, 18:00 local (Nov 9, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Denver City, TX
- Coordinates: 32.960361, -102.830169 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9604&lon=-102.8302&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): 21626
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21626/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA049

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
  - remedial action - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent

## Analysis

PLT CITED GUST ON LANDING CAUSED ACFT TO DRIFT TO RIGHT, PLT VISUAL ACUTENESS REDUCED BY LANDING INTO SETTING SUN. CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUT OF LEFT AILERON WAS EXCESSIVE, CAUSING LEFT WING TO DROP TO GROUND CONTACT. ACFT PIVOTED ABOUT LEFT WING TIP AND CAME TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64975](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64975-2023-03-27), registration cancelled 2023-03-27, S/N 15281507, built 1978 (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: 15281507
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Willie C. Easter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LUBBOCK, TX
- Airport: Two-Legs, runway 27, 3,600 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 114 total, 114 in this make and model, 90 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 225° at 18 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19841108061479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841108061479A), Nov 8, 1984: Cessna 152, Denver City, TX, Substantial damage. Blown off side of runway. Left wing dipped, hit ground on attempt to get back on runway. Landing into sun and haze.

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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