# NTSB MKC82DA021: Cessna 152, N89772, Essex, MO, January 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 26, 1982, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Essex, MO
- Coordinates: 36.809593, -89.860908 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8096&lon=-89.8609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70619/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA021

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT DEPARTED ON A SOLO, CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. A COMFORT STOP WAS MADE AT AN ENROUTE AIRPORT DURING THE FIRST LEG OF THE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS THEN CONTINUED TO THE FIRST PRE-PLANNED DESTINATION. AFTER TAKING OFF ON THE SECOND LEG, THE STUDENT BECAME LOST AND LANDED AT THE FIRST AIRPORT THAT SHE SAW. AFTER LANDING, SHE LEARNED THAT SHE HAD GONE 60 MILES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE STUDENT THEN DEPARTED ON A FLIGHT BACK TO HER HOME BASE. ENROUTE SHE BECAME DISORIENTED. WITH NIGHT APPROACHING, SHE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT DUSK, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO AN ADJACENT DARK COLORED FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED FURROWS IN THE DARK COLORED FIELD AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89772](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89772-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 15282861 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282861
- Airframe hours: 1823
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Hal Aviation
- Registered owner: Hal Aviation
- Departed: MT VERNON, IL
- Destination: KENNETT, MO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 170° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Observed at: CGI, 28 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 19820126003689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820126003689A), Jan 26, 1982: Cessna 152, Essex, MO, Substantial damage. Student became lost en route near dark. Elected to land in a farm field, overshot, ran into plowed area. Overturned

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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