# NTSB MIA94LA198: Cessna 152, N757WM, Arcadia, FL, August 19, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1994, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Location: 27.1849° N, 81.8495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from ARCADIA MUNI (X06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1849&lon=-81.8495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 18, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37590
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA94LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37590/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA198

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS. THE GUSTY, CROSSWIND WAS A FACTOR.

## 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
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT DIVERTED TO ARCADIA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS AT HIS DESTINATION AND IN THE AREA OF ARCADIA. WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 HE ENCOUNTERED A GUSTY CROSSWIND, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH.

## Factual narrative

On August 19, 1994, about 1900 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N757WM, registered to Gulf Leasing, Inc., ran off the runway and collided with terrain while landing at Arcadia Municipal Airport, Arcadia, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the student pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Bartow, Florida, on August 19, 1994, about 1830.

The student pilot stated that he was performing a solo cross-country flight from Punta Gorda, Florida, to St. Augustine, Florida and return. In the area of Bartow, Florida, he encountered weather and landed at Bartow. He waited about 2 hours at Bartow for thunderstorms to clear for a return flight to Punta Gorda. He departed Bartow, encountered thunderstorms enroute, and diverted to Arcadia, Florida, to wait for the weather to clear. While landing at Arcadia he encountered gusting winds and ran off the left side of the runway where he collided with a drainage ditch.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757WM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757WM-2013-05-01), registration cancelled 2013-05-01, S/N 15280062, built 1977 (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: 15280062
- Airframe hours: 6861
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Professional Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Gulf Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, August 9, 1994, 34 hours before
- Departed: BOW, BARTOW, FL
- Destination: PGD, PUNTA GORDA, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: X06, Arcadia Municipal, runway 5, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 55 total, 40 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SRQ, 40 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 19940819027229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940819027229A), Aug 19, 1994: Cessna 152, Arcadia, FL, Substantial damage. Landed to avoid thunderstorms on cross country. Veered off runway into a ditch. Poor weather for solo student.

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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