# NTSB MKC87LA146: Cessna 152, N47354, Columbia, MO, July 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1987, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Coordinates: 39.02053, -92.299026 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0205&lon=-92.2990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34419
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34419/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, dual student (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT WERE MAKING A LANDING ON A SHORT GRASS RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THEY LANDED FAST AND WERE NOT ABLE TO STOP. HE CONSIDERED A GO-AROUND BUT DECIDED SUFFICIENT RUNWAY DID NOT REMAIN TO PERFORM THE GO-AROUND. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED A DITCH AND STOPPED IN A ROAD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47354](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47354), registered now, S/N 15283220, built 1979 (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: 15283220
- Airframe hours: 1916
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Swearingen Fly. Service
- Registered owner: Swearingen Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 31, 1987, 58 hours before
- Airport: K24, Cotton Woods Memorial, runway 29, 1,690 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 719 total, 355 in this make and model, 586 as pilot in command, 146 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °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 19870722074779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870722074779A), Jul 22, 1987: Cessna 152, Columbia, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed fast overrunning a short grass strip striking a ditch.

## Other investigations on N47354 (2)

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.

- [NTSB FTW98LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA317), Jun 6, 1998: Cessna 152 (N47354), Dallas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes.
- [NTSB DEN92LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92LA070), Jun 27, 1992: Cessna 152 (N47354), Mckinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE STUDENT PILOT MISJUDGED HIS LANDING AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. A FACTOR WAS: LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE ON THE PART OF THE STUDENT PILOT.

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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