Cessna 152 N5150B
13 April 1986 · Snellings, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 April 1986 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5150B, operated by Esco Aviation, was involved in an accident near Snellings, California, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Snellings, California, United States
- Coordinates
- 37.5398, -120.4494
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N5150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Esco Aviation
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Merced → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX86LA176
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
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 CFI STATED THAT HE PULLED THE ACFT UP TO AVOID BIRDS AND THEN LOWERED THE NOSE TO GAIN AIRSPEED FROM 70 KTS BACK TO CRUISE SPEED. DURING THE DIVE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE THAT CROSSED A RIVER AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL. AFTER THE COLLISION THE ACFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 152 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 1986 | Cessna 152 | Duluth, Minnesota, United States | Crystal Shamrock Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 9 Oct 1986 | Cessna 152 | Price, Utah, United States | Monarch Aviation, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Nov 1986 | Cessna 152 | Waipahu, Hawaii, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1986 | Cessna 152 | Drayton Plaines, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Nov 1986 | Cessna 152 | Ellicott, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 1986 | Cessna 152II | Clewiston, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
All 3,030 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 1986 | Cessna 150 | Hesperia, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Nov 1986 | Luscombe 8A | Half Moon Bay, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 1986 | Schleicher ASW-19 | Warner Springs, California, United States | Mark A. Miller | No injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 1986 | Learjet 24 | Lake Tahoe, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 1986 | Piper PA-18-150 | Ukiah, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Nov 1986 | Beechcraft K35 | San Diego, California, United States | Dean Holt | Minor injuries | - |