# NTSB MIA87LA029: Cessna 152, N89543, Polarville, MS, November 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 10, 1986, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Polarville, MS
- Coordinates: 30.829507, -89.529586 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8295&lon=-89.5296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31824
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31824/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA029

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - abort - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A TOUCH-&-GO LDG AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. AS HE ADDED POWER, THE ACFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. THE ACFT CONTINUED LEFT HITTING A DITCH ALONG SIDE THE RWY AND FLIPPING OVER. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN PERFORMING NORMALLY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND HE THINKS THAT AS HE APPLIED POWER FOR TAKEOFF, 'P-FACTOR MUST HAVE GOTTEN ME'.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89543](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89543-2026-07-02), registration cancelled 2026-07-02, S/N 15282779 (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: 15282779
- Airframe hours: 1449
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Carey Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, April 4, 1986, 90 hours before
- Departed: PCU, PICAYUNE, MS
- Destination: MS03, POPLARVILLE, MS
- Airport: MS03, Poplarville Pearl, runway 16, 4,000 × 100 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: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GPT, 32 nm away

## 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 19861110079599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861110079599A), Nov 10, 1986: Cessna 152, Poplarville, MS, Substantial damage. The student lost directional control and aborted the takeoff. The aircraft veered into a ditch 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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