Cessna 152 N89585

Summary

On 30 August 2025 at about 07:10 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89585, operated by Vinland Flight School LLC, was involved in an accident near Baldwin City, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 August 2025 at 07:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Baldwin City, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Vinland Valley Aerodrome (K64)

Coordinates

38.8358, -95.1818

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N89585

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Vinland Flight School LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN25LA354

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s decision to continue the night landing without runway lights which resulted in the runway overrun.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he rented the accident airplane for the purpose of gaining night cross-country flight experience. He flew to two other airports and made successful landings at each airport. On the accident flight, as the airplane approached the airport, the pilot attempted to activate the pilot-controlled runway lights but was unsuccessful. He elected to continue the landing attempt to the grass runway. He stated that the landing approach was on-speed per the airplane flight manual, and he touched down on the runway but was unable to stop the airplane before it impacted trees at the end of the runway. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The airplane received substantial damage to the left wing. The destination airport had a 3,303 ft. by 80 ft. turf runway equipped with non-standard low-intensity runway lighting. The airport manager reported that the functionality of the pilot-controlled runway lighting system was confirmed following the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.