# NTSB MKC82DA035: Cessna 152, N64998, Tipton, IA, February 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1982, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Tipton, IA
- Coordinates: 41.76987, -91.119194 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7699&lon=-91.1192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA035

## 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)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK BESIDE THE RUNWAY. HE REPORTED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR AND DRY, AND THE WIND WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64998](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64998-1989-03-08), registration cancelled 1989-03-08, S/N 15281523 (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: 15281523
- Airframe hours: 1577
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Tipton Flight School
- Registered owner: Green Castle Aviation Inc,
- Departed: 8C4, TIPTON, IA
- Destination: 8C4, TIPTON, IA
- Airport: 8C4, Mathews Memorial, runway 29, 3,000 × 60 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 54 total, 54 in this make and model, 26 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 106 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CID, 26 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 19820221004719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820221004719A), Feb 21, 1982: Cessna 152, Tipton, IA, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control at start of takeoff roll. Ran into a snowbank on edge of runway.

## Other investigations on N64998 (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 MKC86LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA140), Jul 2, 1986: Cessna 152 (N64998), Oxford, IA, substantial damage

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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