# NTSB MKC84LA139: Cessna 152, N757KD, No.Little Rock, AR, May 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1984, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place: No.Little Rock, AR
- Coordinates: 34.840713, -92.329338 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8407&lon=-92.3293&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): 33681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA139
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33681/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA139

## 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)
  - wind information - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A RWY LIGHT AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING IN A X-WIND. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO THE STUDENT AS FROM 040 DEGREES AT 9 KTS AT TAKEOFF AND 070 DEGREES AT 11 KTS WHEN SHE RETURNED TO LAND. THESE WINDS CONVERTED TO A 90 DEGREE X-WIND OF 6.5 KTS FOR TAKEOFF AND 10.8 KTS FOR LANDING ON RWY 35. THE STUDENT PLTS CFI HAD INSTRUCTED HER NOT TO FLY WHEN THE X-WIND WAS OVER 5 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757KD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757KD-1985-07-30), registration cancelled 1985-07-30, S/N 15279793 (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: 15279793
- Airframe hours: 3332
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: North Little Rock Aviaton, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 7, 1984, 65 hours before
- Airport: 1M1, North Little Rock Nunic., runway 35, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 8 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 19840515017889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840515017889A), May 15, 1984: Cessna 152, N Little Rock, AR, Substantial damage. Student pilot allowed aircraft to drift into runway lights which caused aircraft to flip inverted.

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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