# NTSB MKC85LA053: Cessna A152, N4781A, Olathe, KS, February 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 1, 1985, 13:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Coordinates: 38.880348, -94.810653 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8803&lon=-94.8107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33909
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33909/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA053

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE PLT STATED CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS LOST WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO RECONFIGURE THE ACFT FOR THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF THE TOUCH AND GO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4781A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520890
- Airframe hours: 392
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Gulf Coast Tracor,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1984, 92 hours before
- Departed: GVW, GRANDVIEW, MO
- Airport: OJC, Johnson County Executive, runway 35, 4,100 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19850201001489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850201001489A), Feb 1, 1985: Cessna A152, Olathe_________, KS, Substantial damage. As student was reconfiguring aircraft during touch and go, directional control was lost. Struck snowbank.

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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