Cessna 152 N5394M

Summary

On 26 February 1985 at about 21:49 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5394M was involved in an accident near Frankton, Indiana, 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

26 February 1985 at 21:49

Classification

Accident

Location

Frankton, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

40.2193, -85.7705

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N5394M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anderson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85LA125

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

DURING A SETUP FOR A PRACTICE STALL THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLE, RAISED THE NOSE SLIGHTLY AND APPLIED CARB HEAT. HE BELIEVED HE WAS LOSING AIRSPEED TOO QUICKLY SO HE THEN REAPPLIED FULL POWER. AT THIS POINT THE ENGINE RPMS DROPPED TO 5 OR 500. WHILE SETTING UP FOR A FORCED LANDING THE PILOT PUMPED THE THROTTLE,. CHANGED THE MIXTURE, CHECKED THE FUEL SELECTOR, AND REMOVED THE CARB HEAT BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RECOVER. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK DURING THE FORCED LANDING. THE POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY, ALONG WITH THE MAGNETOS AND THE CARBURETOR HEAT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.