# Accident 19980109000239A: Cessna 152, Boyd, TX, January 9, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 9, 1998, 12:45 local time - Place: Boyd, TX - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.0797° N, 97.5607° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0797&lon=-97.5607&mi=10 - Aircraft: N757CH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757CH-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - Reported engine: LYC O235L2C - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA091) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980109000239A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. LOSS OF POWER ON DESCENT. BOUNCED AND STALLED ON ROUGH FIELD LANDING. POSSIBLE CARB ICING CONDITIONS. (.4)THE INSTRUMENT STUDENT WAS PRACTICING STANDARD RATE (500 FPM) DESCENTS AND CLIMBS, AND THE FLIGHT HAD DESCENDED WITH THE POWER AT 2,000 RPM FROM 3,000 FEET MSL TO 1,500 FEET MSL. WHEN THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE FOR THE CLIMB, THE ENGINE POWER DID NOT INCREASE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT; HOWEVER, THE POWER DECREASED THROUGH 1,500 RPM TO 1,200 RPM. THE FIELD SELECTED FOR THE FORCED LANDING WAS ROUGH AND THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND AND AGAIN BECAME AIRBORNE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, OBSERVING A POWERLINE AND FENCE AHEAD OF THE AIRPLANE, FLEW THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE POWERLINE AND OVER THE FENCE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE 'STALLED' AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE NWS REPORTED THE TEMPERATURE WAS 46.4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITH A DEW POINT OF 39.2 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND A RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 61 PER CENT. THE ICING PROBABILITY CURVES SHOWED THE CONDITIONS TO BE FAVORABLE FOR SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICING. (-23) ON JANUARY 9, 1998, AT 1:05 PM, A CESSNA 152 OWNED BY BOURN AMMENSON AVIATION, INC., CRASHED DURING AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO INITIATE A CLIMB, AND THE ENGINE DID NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURE. THE CESSNA TOUCHED DOWN ON UP SLOPE TERRAIN, THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A REST INVERTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HICKS FIELD ON JANUARY 9, 1998, AT 12:45 PM. ## 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 FTW98LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA091), Jan 9, 1998: Cessna 152 (N757CH), Boyd, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: loss of engine power resulting from the pilot's delayed use of carburetor heat during serious carburetor icing conditions. Factors were: the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing and an… ## Other reports on N757CH (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19970428011459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970428011459I), Apr 28, 1997: Cessna 152 (N757CH), Chicago, IL. Narrative: no damage, no injury, engine seized in flight causing forced landing on frankfort rd at Midway. Aircraft was taxied into walgreens parking lot. On… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.