# NTSB SEA85LA039: Cessna 152A, N4702A, Pullman, WA, January 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 5, 1985, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Pullman, WA
- Coordinates: 46.719329, -117.180809 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7193&lon=-117.1808&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): 40102
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40102/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA039

## 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
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## Analysis

PLT MADE 10 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND HAD JUST RAISED THE FLAPS AND WAS APPLYING FULL PWR TO INITIATE ANOTHER TAKEOFF. NOTING HE WAS RT OF THE CENTERLINE HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER. ACFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT WHERE IT SLID ON ICE INTO A SNOWBANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4702A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4702A-2008-04-01), registration cancelled 2008-04-01, S/N A1520872 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152A
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520872
- Airframe hours: 2383
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Doug Gawda
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 4, 1984, 65 hours before
- Departed: PUW, PULLMAN, WA
- Airport: PUW, Pullman-Moscow, runway 23, 5,931 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PUW

## 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 19850105024259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850105024259A), Jan 5, 1985: Cessna A152, Pullman, WA, Substantial damage. Right of centerline, various overcorrections with rudder, slid on ice patch into snow bank at side of runway.

## Other investigations on N4702A (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 SEA86LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA014), Oct 17, 1985: Cessna 152 (N4702A), Pullman, WA, minor 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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