# NTSB NYC05CA050: Cessna 152, N4649M, Kelleys Island, OH, February 5, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 5, 2005, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Kelleys Island, OH - Coordinates: 41.602779, -82.684448 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6028&lon=-82.6844&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 28, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 60982 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA050 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60982/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA050 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance during landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - snowbank - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis While landing, the airplane's left landing gear came in contact with a snowbank off the left side of the runway. The airplane then veered to the left, into the snow, and flipped over. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed no mechanical deficiencies. ## Factual narrative On February 5, 2005, at 1500 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N4649M, was substantially damaged during landing at the Kelleys Island Airport (89D), Kelleys Island, Ohio. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the flight which originated at the Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL), Cleveland, Ohio. The solo instructional flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the student pilot, after landing on runway 27, the airplane veered to the left of the dry runway, into the snow, and flipped over. The student pilot reported 49 hours of total flight experience. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed substantial damage to the rudder and rear spar. No mechanical deficiencies were observed with the flight controls, or brake system. The inspector reported that during landing, the airplane's left landing gear came in contact with a snowbank to the left of the runway. According to the FAA Airport/Facility Directory, runway 27 at Kelleys Island was a 2,203 foot-long and 50 foot-wide, asphalt runway. The winds reported at Lorain County Regional Airport, Lorain, Ohio, 27 miles southeast of the accident site, at 1453, were from 160 degrees at 6 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4649M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4649M), registered now, S/N 15284474, built 1980 (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: 15284474 - Engines: Lycoming O-235 115 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Daviation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Departed: BKL, Cleveland, OH - Destination: 89D, Kelleys Island, OH - Airport: 89D, Kelleys Island, runway 27, 2,203 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 24; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 6 knots - Visibility: 4 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.38 inHg - Observed at: LPR, 27 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 20050205004479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050205004479A), Feb 5, 2005: Cessna 152, Kelleys Island, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft veered or pulled to the left when the wheels touched the ground. When the left main hit the snow at the edge of the runway the plane flipped… ## Other investigations on N4649M (1) 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 ATL87LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA213), Jul 15, 1987: Cessna 152 (N4649M), Middlefield, OH, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.