Cessna 152 N47526

Summary

On 30 January 1983 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N47526 was involved in an accident near Sedan, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 January 1983 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sedan, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Sedan City (61K)

Coordinates

37.1198, -96.1804

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N47526

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cushing → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA062

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THE RETURN LEG OF A ROUND ROBIN CROSS COUNTRY WHEN THE ENCOUNTERED CLOUDS AND DIVERTED TO CUSHING, OK. LATER, WHEN HE DEPARTED FROM CUSHING, HE FORGOT TO RESET HIS DIRECTIONAL GYRO TO CORRESPOND WITH THE MAGNETIC COMPASS. WHEN HIS PLANNED 20 MINUTE FLIGHT DID NOT TAKE HIM TO HIS DESTINATION, HE USED TWO VOR STATIONS TO LOCATE HIMSELF NEAR SEDAN, KS. HE FLEW AROUND THE AIRPORT AND SAW THE WIND SOCK, THEN DECIDED TO LAND TO THE WEST. HOWEVER, THE WIND SOCK WAS INDICATING A WIND FROM THE EAST. HE LANDED WITH A TAIL WIND AND TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON THE WET, GRASS RUNWAY. REPORTEDLY, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING BY THE TIME HE TOUCHED DOWN AND HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN THE REMAINING DISTANCE. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A FENCE AND FLIPPED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.