# NTSB FTW99LA040: Cessna 152, N4755B, Fort Worth, TX, December 1, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 1, 1998, 12:03 local (18:03 UTC) - Place: Fort Worth, TX - Coordinates: 32.819114, -97.360771 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8191&lon=-97.3608&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 6, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 45379 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW99LA040 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45379/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA040 ## Probable cause The student pilot's loss of directional control due to improper use of the rudder. A factor was the hilly terrain beyond the departure end of the runway. ## 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 - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll ## Analysis During the full stop landing, the airplane exited the runway and traveled down an incline before coming to rest. The student pilot, sole occupant, reported that this was his second solo flight and that he applied the wrong rudder during the landing roll. ## Factual narrative On December 1, 1998, at 1203 central standard time, a Cessna 152 airplane, N4755B, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain during the landing roll on runway 16R at the Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Fort Worth, Texas. The airplane was owned by a private individual and operated by Aer Mistral, Fort Worth, Texas, under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot, sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the local solo instructional flight which departed the airport approximately 1130. The 25 hour student pilot reported to the FAA inspector that this flight was his second solo flight in the aircraft. He had practiced pattern work at the Fort Worth Alliance Airport and returned to the Meacham Airport. During the full stop landing at Meacham, he performed a "normal landing and then applied the wrong rudder." The airplane exited the right side of the runway and traveled down an incline before coming to rest. The FAA inspector found the nose gear trunion and the engine mount bent. The operator reported that the lower left portion of the engine mount was bent 25 to 30 degrees. A review of the air traffic data by the investigator-in-charge revealed that the inbound flight requested a full stop landing at the Meacham Airport. Following a landing clearance for runway 16L, the pilot performed a go-around. Subsequently, the tower controller reissued the clearance for runway 16L and requested that the pilot execute a short approach to the runway. The pilot requested and was approved to extend the left downwind pattern; however, due to other landing traffic, the controller changed the landing runway to 16R. The pilot performed a go-around from runway 16R, and the controller issued a clearance for a right downwind pattern to runway 16R. During the landing roll, the airplane exited runway 16R and traveled down a hill before stopping. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4755B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4755B-2018-01-24), registration cancelled 2018-01-24, S/N 15283618, built 1979 (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: 15283618 - Airframe hours: 9348 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Marco Caruso, doing business as Aer Mistral - Registered owner: Ashish Coswami - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, November 18, 1998, 49 hours before - Departed: FTW - Airport: FTW, Fort Worth Meacham, runway 16R, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: FTW ## 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 19981201032369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981201032369A), Dec 1, 1998: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control of the acft on landing. (-23) on 12/01/98, at 1203 CST, a CE-152, N4755B, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain… ## Other investigations on N4755B (1) 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. - [NTSB FTW01FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA188), Aug 22, 2001: Cessna 152 (N4755B), Weatherford, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper decision making in that he landed with a tailwind and failed to execute a go-around, which resulted in a runway overrun. Contributing factors were the inaccurate reading… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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