Cessna 152 N5179B

Summary

On 20 July 1982 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5179B, operated by Cook Airfield, Inc., was involved in an accident near Rose Hill, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 July 1982 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Rose Hill, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N5179B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cook Airfield, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cook Airfield → Cook Airfield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82FCQ13

1 person died.

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 A SOLO FLIGHT WHILE HE WAS IN A TRAINING PHASE TO PRACTICE FLIGHT MANEUVERS. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PLANE DID NOT MOVE AFTER IMPACT AND BOTH WINGS WERE CRUSHED (ACCORDIONED) STRAIGHT BACK. CONTINUITY OF THE CONTROL CABLES WAS ESTABLISHED. THE ENGINE WAS BADLY DAMAGED BY THE IMPACT AND FIRE, BUT NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS EVIDENT. THE CRASH SITE AND THE TRAINING AREA WERE LOCATED NEAR THE HOME OF THE PILOT'S FATHER. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 4200 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.