# NTSB FTW85LA069: Cessna 152, N25890, Tulsa, OK, December 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 6, 1984, 07:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Location: 36.0396° N, 95.9846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA RIVERSIDE (RVS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0396&lon=-95.9846&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): 21639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21639/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA069

## 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 (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

AFTER TOUCHDOWN FLAPS WERE RAISED AND POWER ADDED TO TAKEOFF DURING THE TOUCH-&-GO LANDING. THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN BIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND IT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ASPHALT RWY. THE ACFT NOSED OVERAFTER COLLIDING WITH A SNOW BANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N25890 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1528837
- Airframe hours: 5177
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Spartan School Of Aeronautics
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 1, 1984, 0 hours before
- Departed: RVS, TULSA, OK
- Airport: RVS, Richard L. Jones Jr., runway 36R, 3,006 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RVS

## 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 19841206058589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841206058589A), Dec 6, 1984: Cessna 152, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on touch and go as power was applied. Struck snowbank and flipped over.

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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