# NTSB MKC87LA038: Cessna 152, N68792, Forrest City, AR, January 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1987, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Forrest City, AR
- Coordinates: 35.009944, -90.77909 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0099&lon=-90.7791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34332
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34332/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA038

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING AFTER ONE LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68792](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68792-2018-03-02), registration cancelled 2018-03-02, S/N 15285338, built 1981 (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: 15285338
- Airframe hours: 1746
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mustang, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: JBR, JONESBORO, AR
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: FCY, Municipal, runway 35, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JBR, 54 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 19870108002829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870108002829A), Jan 8, 1987: Cessna 152, Forrest City, AR, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway during landing. Student pilot. No mechanical defects found.

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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