Cessna 152 N67585

Summary

On 1 August 1983 at about 14:49 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N67585 was involved in an accident near Sidney, Nebraska, 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

1 August 1983 at 14:49

Classification

Accident

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States

Nearest airport

Sidney Muni (SNY)

Coordinates

41.1295, -102.9699

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N67585

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brighton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA174

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 PLT WAS ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT. AS HE APPROACHED SIDNEY, NE, HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE ON THE RADIO & CONTINUED TO THE ARPT AT CRUISE ALT. HE DESCENDED WHILE CIRCLING THE ARPT. BEFORE REACHING TRAFFIC PATTERN ALT, HE APPLIED POWER, BUT THE ENG DID NOT RESPOND. THE STUDENT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & TURNED TOWARD THE ARPT. HE WAS UNABLE TO LOSE BOTH AIRSPEED & ALT. WHEN HE FORCED THE ACFT ON THE RWY, IT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN HIT, NOSE & LEFT WING LOW & WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO STUDENT'S INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENT HAD FORGOTTEN TO ENRICH THE MIXTURE AFTER DESCENDING, THEN PANICKED WHEN HE THOUGHT THE ENG FAILED. THE TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 81 & 57 DEG, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO THE ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICE COULD OCCUR IN FLOAT CARBURETORS AT GLIDE POWER. THE USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT WAS NOT VERIFIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.