# NTSB MKC84LA032: Cessna 152, N89812, David City, NE, December 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1983, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: David City, NE
- Coordinates: 41.250381, -97.120979 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2504&lon=-97.1210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33599
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33599/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA032

## 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
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) & HIS STUDENT DEPARTED ON A ROUND ROBIN X-COUNTRY FLT & HAD PLANNED TO MAKE A SOFT FIELD LANDING AT DAVID CITY, NE. DURING ARRIVAL AT DAVID CITY, THEY MADE A VISUAL CHECK OF THE RWY BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT THE ARPT UNICOM. THEY HAD NO SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER THE RWY HAD BEEN CLEARED OF SNOW FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK'S SNOWFALL. THE CFI REPORTED THAT WHILE CHECKING THE RWY, THEY EVEN LET THE MAIN GEAR TOUCH DOWN TO GAUGE THE QUALITY OF THE RWY SURFACE. THE CFI THEN ELECTED TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO PRACTICE A SOFT FIELD LANDING. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN GEAR OF THE ACFT ROLLED THROUGH AN AREA OF DRIFTED SNOW. THE NOSE THEN DROPPED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89812](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89812), registered now, S/N 15282879, built 1978 (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: 15282879
- Airframe hours: 1309
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Great Plains Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: John Snyder
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 3, 1983, 19 hours before
- Departed: 30A, PAPILLION, NE
- Airport: 93Y, David City Municipal, runway 32, 2,300 × 250 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,950 total, 360 in this make and model, 1,840 as pilot in command, 95 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OLU, 17 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 19831203060819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831203060819A), Dec 3, 1983: Cessna 152, David City, NE, Substantial damage. Instructor attempted touch and go landing on snow covered runway. Wheels sank in snow and flipped aircraft.

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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