Cessna 152 N24317

Summary

On 8 February 1987 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N24317, operated by Tucson Flight Center, was involved in an accident near Tucson, Arizona, 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

8 February 1987 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

32.1508, -110.9292

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N24317

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Tucson Flight Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tucson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA113

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

DURING A LOCAL DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A VIBRATION AND A SUBSTANTIAL POWER LOSS. THE ACFT WAS FORCED TO LAND OFF THE ARPT IN THE HIGH VEGETATION. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE #3 CYLINDER WAS NOT DEVELOPING COMPRESSION. THE PROPELLER WAS ROTATED AND THE PISTON WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE #3 CYLINDER ASSEMBLY AND PISTON WERE REMOVED AND FOUND THAT THE CONNECTING ROD BEARING WAS BADLY SCORED WITH NO APPARENT LUBRICATION VISIBLE. ONE CONNECTING ROD BOLT WAS FOUND SHEARED. A SAMPLE OF OIL WAS ANALYZED AND FOUND TO CONTAIN A SLIGHTLY HIGH CONTENT OF DIRT. A HIGH CONTENT OF ALUMINUM AND COPPER WERE ALSO NOTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.