# NTSB FTW90LA004: Cessna A152, N49876, Mount Pleasant, TX, October 5, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1989, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Mount Pleasant, TX
- Location: 33.1582° N, 94.9745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1582&lon=-94.9745&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90LA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23058/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA004

## Probable cause

THE PILOT FAILED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CROSS WIND DURING THE TAKEOFF INITIAL CLIMB. THIS LED TO A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH THE WINDSOCK STANDARD.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - pole (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49876](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49876-1991-01-07), registration cancelled 1991-01-07, S/N 15281376 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281376
- Airframe hours: 5467
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Albert R. Neal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1988, 574 hours before
- Departed: MSA
- Destination: MSA
- Airport: MSA, Mt. Pleasant Municipal, runway 17, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 10,564 total, 2,080 in this make and model, 10,323 as pilot in command, 314 in the last 90 days, 124 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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