# NTSB MKC84LA068: Cessna 152, N24531, Augusta, KS, January 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1984, 14:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Coordinates: 37.690048, -96.969848 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6900&lon=-96.9698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33626
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33626/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA068

## 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)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY DURING LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH A PILE OF DEBRIS, COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24531](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24531-2013-07-30), registration cancelled 2013-07-30, S/N 15280314, 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: 15280314
- Airframe hours: 2991
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Goldwing Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 27, 1983, 88 hours before
- Airport: 3AU, Augusta Muni, runway 35, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 18 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 19840128001689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128001689A), Jan 28, 1984: Cessna 152, Augusta, KS, Substantial damage. Student pilot on supervised solo lost directional control of aircraft and it ran off runway into pile of debris.

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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