Cessna 152 N46326

Summary

On 17 April 2009 at about 01:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N46326, operated by Bouvrie Lukas J, was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, Alaska, 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

17 April 2009 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Talkeetna, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.9683, -151.1689

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N46326

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bouvrie Lukas J

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eagle river → Eagle river

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC09LA034

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid an aerodynamic stall while maneuvering at a high density altitude.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot said that he was on a personal local flight when he made a low pass about 100 feet over a camp on a glacier, at about 7,200 feet elevation. He made the pass with full flaps, with approximately 65 knots of airspeed. When he retracted the flaps, he said that the airplane descended uncontrolled into the snow, despite the full application of power. The pilot indicated that there were no known mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage during impact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.