# Accident 19890131001359A: Cessna 152, Ore City, TX, January 31, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1989, 00:58 local time
- Place: Ore City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8009° N, 94.7187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ore City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8009&lon=-94.7187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4745B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4745B-1989-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 62 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890131001359A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE THREW A CONNECTING ROD EN ROUTE AT NIGHT. LANDED ON ROAD. HIT CULVERTS. NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA044), Jan 31, 1989: Cessna 152 (N4745B), Ore City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: SLIPPAGE OF THE CENTER CRANKSHAFT BEARING, WHICH RESULTED IN OIL STARVATION AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE #3 CONNECTING ROD. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE AIRCRAFT OWNER'S CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE…

## Other reports on N4745B (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890103036459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890103036459I), Jan 3, 1989: Cessna 152 (N4745B), Tampa, FL. Student pilot flew into IFR conditions. Became lost and was vectored by ATC to a safe landing.
- [Incident 19890102037949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890102037949I), Jan 2, 1989: Cessna 152 (N4745B), Tampa, FL. Student pilot caught in clouds and lost was vectored by ATC to airport. Landed safely.
- [Accident 19850812040722A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850812040722A), Aug 12, 1985: Cessna 152 (N4745B), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. Struck from behind by other landing aircraft N704MH. Regained control and landed with empennage damaged.
- [Incident 19820923052421I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820923052421I), Sep 23, 1982: Cessna 152 (N4745B), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Propeller struck N24236 right main tire on climbout. 24236 was making turn across parallel runway per ATC advice.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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