Cessna 152 N69125

Summary

On 6 September 1985 at about 00:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N69125, operated by Dale Jackson, was involved in an accident near Tea, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 1985 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Tea, South Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Great Planes (Y-14)

Coordinates

43.4398, -96.8309

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N69125

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dale Jackson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85FTK03

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 & INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) WERE PRACTICING LANDINGS. AFTER MAKING 3 TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS, THE ENG LOST POWER AT APRX 200 FT AGL AS THEY WERE ON THEIR 4TH TAKEOFF. THE CFI REPORTED THAT HE TURNED THE ACFT ABOUT 25 DEG IN AN ATTEMPT TO GLIDE TO A BEAN FIELD & AVOID TALL CORN. HOWEVER, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALT TO AVOID THE CORN. AFTER LANDING IN THE CORN FIELD & ON MUDDY GROUND, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. AN EXAM OF THE ENG & ACFT REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEM THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER. THE ENG WAS STARTED & RUN TO 1500 RPM WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED, EXCEPT THAT IT COULD NOT BE OPERATED AT A HIGHER RPM DUE TO A BENT PROP. THE TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 78 & 77 DEG, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, SERIOUS CARB ICING CONDITION WOULD HAVE EXISTED AT IDLE POWER. HOWEVER,THE CFI STATED THAT THEY HAD USED CARB HEAT ON THE DOWNWIND OF EACH PATTERN, THEN PLACED IT IN COLD FOR EACH TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.