Cessna 152 N95396

Summary

On 27 June 1996 at about 14:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N95396 was involved in an accident near Talladega, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 June 1996 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Talladega, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

33.4291, -86.0906

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N95396

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chattanooga → Montgomery

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL96FA096

2 people died.

failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid an antenna that was mounted on a Forest Service watch tower. The pilot's excessively low altitude flight was a related factor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During flight, the airplane collided with an 18 foot section of an antenna that was installed on top of a U.S. Forest Service fire watch tower. The airplane then crashed about 300 feet north of the tower, and wreckage was found scattered over an area approximately 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. The airplane wreckage and engine compartment were further damaged by ground fire. Debris from the watch tower antenna was located in the main wreckage, and some antenna debris was also found several feet north of the main wreckage. No preimpact mechanical problem was found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.