# NTSB NYC84LA305: Cessna 152, N757DZ, Mitchellville, MD, September 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 2, 1984, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Coordinates: 38.950962, -76.729774 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9510&lon=-76.7298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA305
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35762/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA305

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279669
- Airframe hours: 4033
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 39; 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

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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