# NTSB FTW87LA122: Cessna 152, N5215P, Mckinney, TX, May 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1987, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Coordinates: 33.179187, -96.589859 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1792&lon=-96.5899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA122

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT RPRTD THAT DRG A LNDG, THE WIND SHIFTED FROM A HEADWIND TO A LEFT CROSSWIND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & ENCTRD SOFT MUD, THEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5215P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284895
- Airframe hours: 2368
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Dobransky Enterprises,Inc.
- Registered owner: Dorbransky Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 27, 1987, 67 hours before
- Departed: TKI
- Airport: TKI, Mckinney, runway 17, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19870521017589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870521017589A), May 21, 1987: Cessna 152, Mckinney, TX, Substantial damage. Lost control on the landing roll veered off the runway and nosed over. Student blamed a wind shift.

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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