# NTSB MKC85FA051: Cessna 152, N89782, Ashdown, AR, January 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 26, 1985, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Ashdown, AR
- Coordinates: 33.670578, -94.12088 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6706&lon=-94.1209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33819
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85FA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33819/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA051

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

ACFT MADE TWO PASSES OVER RESIDENCE TO ALERT FRIEND TO GO TO NEARBY AG STRIP TO PICK UP PLT & PAX. ACFT WAS THEN SEEN FLYING IN AREA AT LOW ALT & SLOW SPEED BY THE FRIEND AS SHE PROCEEDED TO THE STRIP. SHE LOOKED AWAY FROM THE ACFT MOMENTARILY & WHEN SHE LOOKED BACK THE ACFT WAS SPINNING TOWARD THE GROUND. WING FLAPS WERE FOUND FULL DOWN IN WRECKAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89782](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89782-1995-06-01), registration cancelled 1995-06-01, S/N 15282866 (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: 15281066
- Airframe hours: 2339
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L26 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aero Dynamics
- Registered owner: David E. Arledge
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 15, 1985, 15 hours before
- Departed: DAL, DALLAS, TX
- Destination: TEXANKANA, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TXK, 11 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 19850126001659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850126001659A), Jan 26, 1985: Cessna 152, Ashdown, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed during low, slow, full flap passes over house. Witness saw aircraft spin into ground.

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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