Cessna 152 N772WA

Summary

On 15 February 1986 at about 14:53 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N772WA was involved in an accident near Ft. Pierce, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 February 1986 at 14:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft. Pierce, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N772WA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Vero Beach

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA077

1 person had minor injuries.

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 FLT WAS CRUISING AT 2000 FT WITH THE MIXTURE LEANED FOR CRUISE. A DESCENT TO 1000 FT WAS MADE BY REDUCING POWER. SHORTLY AFTER LEVELING OFF, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND MAX RPM AVAILABLE WAS 1700. THE PLT SAID HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES BUT DID NOT SELECT CARBURETOR HEAT & HE DOES NOT RECALL WHETHER HE HAD REPOSITIONED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO A RICHER SETTING PRIOR TO HIS DECISION TO EXECUTE A FORCED LANDING. A DIRT ROAD WAS SELECTED & DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, A X-WIND BLEW THE ACFT FROM THE ROAD INTO THE TREES. A POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE ENGINE & RELATED SYST REVEALED NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST ANY FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.