# NTSB NYC89LA054: Cessna 152, N5465P, Hyannis, MA, December 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 22, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Location: 41.6693° N, 70.2804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE COD GATEWAY (HYA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6693&lon=-70.2804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36355
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC89LA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36355/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA054

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A LANDING LIGHT AND TERRAIN AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CROSSWIND LANDING, AT BARNSTABLE AIRPORT, HYANNIS, MA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5465P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5465P-1994-07-07), registration cancelled 1994-07-07, S/N 15284952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284952
- Airframe hours: 3699
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hyannis Air Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 28, 1988, 88 hours before
- Departed: BDR, BRIDGEPORT, CT
- Destination: HYA, HYANNIS, MA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: HYA, Barnstable, runway 33, 3,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19881222060759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881222060759A), Dec 22, 1988: Cessna 152, Hyannis, MA, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a crosswind, ran off side of runway. Nose wheel hit a runway light and sheared off.

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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