Cessna 152 N5295Q
26 January 2001 · Lancaster, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 January 2001 at about 21:55 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5295Q, operated by Airline Training Academy Inc., was involved in an accident near Lancaster, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lancaster, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 32.6204, -96.7799
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N5295Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Airline Training Academy Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Worth → Tyler
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW01LA054
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
maintenance personnel's improper installation of the throttle lever lock nut. A contributory factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
Approximately five minutes into the cross-county instructional flight, a drop in engine RPM occurred. After a continued steady decrease in the engine RPM, the engine lost total power. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. During the ensuing forced landing to a field, the nose wheel contacted soft ground, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. At the time of the accident, the airplane had accumulated 2 hours total time since its last annual inspection. During that annual inspection, the carburetor was removed for additional maintenance. Examination indicated that when the throttle control was actuated from inside the cockpit, the throttle cable and lever did not actuate the throttle shaft and throttle valve. The castellated lock nut securing the throttle lever to the throttle shaft on the carburetor was found not to be saftied, via a required cotter pin. The lock nut had loosened, allowing the throttle cable and lever to move, without movement of the throttle shaft and throttle valve.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 152 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2001 | Cessna 152 | Corning, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 2001 | Cessna 152 | Gallipolis, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2001 | Cessna 152 | Newark, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 2001 | Cessna 152 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 May 2001 | Cessna 152 | Hayward, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 2001 | Cessna 152 | Elberton, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2001 | Cessna 340A | Lancaster, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 2001 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 | The Woodlands, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-46-310P | Bulverde, Texas, United States | Mr. Jan M. Klinck & Mr. Gary K. Klinck | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 Apr 2001 | Cessna 172N | Marfa, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2001 | Hughes 269B | Nacogdoches, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-18-150 | Van Horn, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |