# NTSB MKC89LA033: Cessna 152, N6132H, Hibbing, MN, December 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 4, 1988, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Hibbing, MN
- Coordinates: 47.400035, -92.939407 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4000&lon=-92.9394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34730
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89LA033
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34730/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA033

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

## Analysis

WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON A PATCHY SNOW AND ICE COVERED RUNWAY, THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A SNOW BANK. THE ACFT NOSED DOWN AND DAMAGED THE PROP AND RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6132H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6132H-2016-09-15), registration cancelled 2016-09-15, S/N 15284133, 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: 15284133
- Airframe hours: 3035
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bemidji Aviation Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 2, 1988, 10 hours before
- Airport: HIB, Hibbing, runway 22, 3,076 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HIB, 1 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 19881204052519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881204052519A), Dec 4, 1988: Cessna 152, Hibbing, MN, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control landing in a crosswind with ice patches on compacted snow runway. Hit 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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