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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Mesa, AZ · June 7, 1983

Date
June 7, 1983 · 12:25 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N89894
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83FA267
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
208 total5 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Failed to recover from a near vertical practice stall. Impacted on top of a level desert Mesa.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO RECOVER FROM A NEAR VERTICAL PRACTICE STALL. IMPACTED ON TOP OF A LEVEL DESERT MESA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.