# NTSB MKC82DA040: Cessna 152, N757PF, Mcpherson, KS, February 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Mcpherson, KS
- Location: 38.3524° N, 97.6913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC PHERSON (MPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3524&lon=-97.6913&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71636
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71636/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA040

## 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 - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER RETURNING FROM A LOCAL FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 WITH A WIND FROM 070 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS. HE REPORTED THAT HE LOST CONTROL ON THE LANDING ROLL AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO MUDDY TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757PF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757PF-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 15279890, 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: 15279890
- Airframe hours: 1441
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Douglas Merril Hawkinson
- Registered owner: Dennis E. Fisher
- Departed: MPR, MCPHERSON, KS
- Destination: MPR, MCPHERSON, KS
- Airport: MPR, Mcpherson, runway 36, 4,200 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 158 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 43 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 19820226001059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820226001059A), Feb 26, 1982: Cessna 152, Mcpherson, KS, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll. Ran off runway. Flipped over into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N757PF (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 MKC83LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA003), Oct 3, 1982: Cessna 152 (N757PF), Mcpherson, KS, 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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