- Date
- September 2, 1984, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757DZCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35762
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The acft drifted right and collided with the terrain during the landing flare. A left x-wind gusting to 25 KTS was present at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757DZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279669
- Airframe hours
- 4,033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-2LC, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Freeway Airport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 18, 1984
- Departed
- BLM · Belmar-Farming., NJ
- Airport
- W00 · Freeway, runway 36, 2,150 × 30 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 83 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F