# NTSB SEA84LA073: Cessna 152II, N48757, Preston, ID, March 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 15, 1984, 18:00 local (Mar 16, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Preston, ID
- Coordinates: 42.199851, -111.740013 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1999&lon=-111.7400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39886
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39886/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

THE SOLO STUDENT PLT WAS MAKING A TAKEOFF AFTER A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. THE ACFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT, COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK, AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48757](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48757), registered now, S/N 15280956, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152II
- 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: 15280956
- Airframe hours: 1729
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Craig Biggs
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Airport: U10, Preston, runway 3, 3,170 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SLC, 70 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 19840315008149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840315008149A), Mar 15, 1984: Cessna 152, Preston, ID, Substantial damage. Lost control veered into a snowbank and nosed over during a first solo touch and go.

## Other investigations on N48757 (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 SEA85LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA004), Oct 7, 1984: Cessna 152 (N48757), Aberdeen, ID, 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.

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