# NTSB NYC84LA127: Cessna 152, N46837, Hopedale, MA, April 1, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1984, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Hopedale, MA
- Location: 42.1065° N, 71.5101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPEDALE INDUSTRIAL PARK (1B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1065&lon=-71.5101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35527
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35527/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA127

## 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, dual student (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, dual student (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING THE SIXTH LANDING ON THE DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER BUT THE ACFT CONTACTED A SNOW BANK AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46837](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46837-2017-02-17), registration cancelled 2017-02-17, S/N 15283117, 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: 15283117
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: D. G. Flying Academy
- Registered owner: Patsy Giarrizzo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 10, 1984, 20 hours before
- Airport: 1B6, Hopedale-Draper, runway 36, 3,193 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 368 total, 362 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F

## 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 19840401008239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840401008239A), Apr 1, 1984: Cessna 152, Hopedale, MA, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control during landing roll. Instructor did not take control in time.

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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