Cessna 152 N95614

Summary

On 5 December 1986 at about 18:49 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N95614, operated by Southern Illinois University, was involved in an accident near Vergenns, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 December 1986 at 18:49

Classification

Accident

Location

Vergenns, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

37.9002, -89.3291

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N95614

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Southern Illinois University

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carbondale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87LA041

2 people were seriously 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

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, WHILE PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS, HE DESCENDED TO ABOUT 250 FEET AGL AND THEN SURRENDERED THE CONTROLS TO THE INSTRUCTOR. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY ADDED FULL POWER AND BANKED THE ACFT TO THE LEFT, HOWEVER, THE ACFT THEN COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT OR THE EVENTS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.