# Accident 19980823021589A: Cessna 152, Garland, TX, August 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Garland, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9094° N, 96.6194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9094&lon=-96.6194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757KA-1999-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA366) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980823021589A

## Narrative

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

ACFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND MADE AND EMERGENCY LANDING. (-23) ON AUGUST 23, 1998, AT 1305 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA CE-152-152 AIRPLANE, N757KA, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT, MR. MICHAEL LESTER, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING, FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER IN GARLAND, TEXAS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE DAY CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  MR. LESTER WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNING TO ADDISON, TEXAS (ADS) FROM TYLER, TEXAS (TYR). THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN ADDISON EARILIER IN THE DAY ARRIVING AT TYLER WHERE THE FUEL TANKS WERE "TOPPED OFF" PRIOR TO MAKING THE RETURN FLIGHT. THE FUEL TANKS WERE EXAMINED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND HAD A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF FUEL ON BOARD.  DURING A PERSONAL INTERVIEW BY THE FAA IIC AT THE SCENE, MR. LESTER REPORTED THAT HE WAS AT 2,500 FEET MSL WHEN THE ENGINE "GOT ROUGH" AND BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. MR. LESTER LOCATED THE NEAREST OPEN AREA TO LAND WHICH WAS PASTURE IN GARLAND, TEXAS, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 N. SHILOH ROAD.  THE PASTURE IS APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES EAST        /SOUTHEAST OF ADDISON AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE PASTURE HEADING SOUTH AND ENCOUNTERED RIPPLES ON THE GROUND (WASHBOARD EFFECT) WHICH CAUSED EXCESSIVE LOADS ON THE WINGS AND LANDING GEAR. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA IIC REVEALED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS FOLDED AFT, THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAD A WRINKLED SKIN ON THE LOWER SURFACE, THE LEFT WING TIP FAIRING WAS SHATTERED AND THE RIB COMPRESSED AFT, AND THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LEFT WING WAS WRINKLED ALONG THE AFT SPAR ABOUT 18 INCHES FROM THE WING ATTACH POINT.  TWO WITNESSES ON THE GROUND STATED THAT THEY SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO LANDING.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED, SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE FAA IIC WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS.  THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE LOSS OF POWER WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## 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 FTW98LA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA366), Aug 23, 1998: Cessna 152 (N757KA), Garland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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