Cessna 152 N93002

Summary

On 20 December 2003 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N93002, operated by David Leahy, was involved in an accident near Louisburg, North Carolina, 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.

Date

20 December 2003 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Louisburg, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

36.0836, -78.3672

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N93002

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David Leahy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kinston → Louisburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

ATL04LA058

Nobody was injured.

Other maintenance personnel's inadequate engine overhaul that resulted in engine case fretting and engine oil starvation.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The CFI and student were completing a cross-country flight, and were six miles from the destination airport flying at 2500 feet, when the engine started to run rough for 20 to 30 seconds then quit. The CFI went through the emergency checklist but was unable to restart the engine. The CFI selected a nearby field for an emergency landing. During the landing roll, the nose wheel collided with a ditch and collapsed. Examination of the airplane revealed the nose gear collapsed, the propeller bent, and the firewall damaged. The engine teardown revealed wear and fretting on the main journals, and bearing movement that resulted in engine oil starvation to the crankshaft.. The center journal was loose and appears to have spun, cutting off the oil passage. The last engine overhaul was on January 22, 2001, and approximately 1,102.7 hours had been flown since that overhaul.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.