Cessna 152 N69123

Summary

On 6 December 1986 at about 19:11 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N69123, operated by Clark Aviation Corp., was involved in an accident near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 December 1986 at 19:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

40.1998, -77.1991

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N69123

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clark Aviation Corp.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cumberland → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87FA045

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 FLYING A CESSNA 152 SCHEDULED HIS FLIGHT PERIOD SO IT COINCIDED WITH ANOTHER STUDENT PILOT FLYING A CESSNA 172. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 172 REPORTED SEEING THE CESSNA 152 ENTER A TWO TURN SPIN AND RECOVER. HE THEN SAID HE LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. GROUND WITNESSES REPORTED TWO AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN AERIAL MANEUVERING. OTHER WITNESSES SAW THE CESSNA 152 IN A TERMINAL DIVE FROM WHICH NO RECOVERY WAS MADE. NO WITNESSES WHO OBSERVED THE AERIAL MANUEVERING OBSERVED THE TERMINAL DIVE. NO PRE-EXISTING PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND WITH THE AIRFRAME. THE ENGINE HAD WEAR NOTED, BUT NO PRE-EXISTING FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE PILOT WAS THROWN CLEAR OF THE WRECKAGE AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST CRASH FIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.