# Accident 19981231034459A: Cessna 152, Mineral Wells, TX, December 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1998, 12:05 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8207° N, 98.0772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mineral Wells, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8207&lon=-98.0772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25778, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25778-2017-03-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981231034459A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 31,1998, QUIT. ACFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING COMING TO REST IN TREES. ON DECEMBER 31, 1998, AT 1205 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152 AIRPLANE, N25778, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR PEASTER, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO LJF SERVICES, INC. OF ARGYLE, TEXAS, AND OPERATED BY SPLIT S AVIATION OF FORT WORHT, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HICKS AIRFIELD AIRPORT,FORT WORTH, TEXAS,AT 1000, AND DEPARTED AN INTERMEDIATE STOP OF POSSUM KINGDOM AIRPORT, GRAFORD, TEXAS, ABOUT 25 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THEY WERE RETURNING TO HICKS AIRFIELD AIRPORT, AT 2,500 FEET MSL, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S "ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, JUST LIKE TURNING OFF A LIGHT SWITCH."THE PILOT INITIATED A FORCED LANDING AND TURNED TOWARDS A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP (BLO) LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF THEIR LOCATION. ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGER, THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP "WAS THE NEAREST PLACE TO PUT DOWN THE PLANE SAFELY." DURING THE DESCENT, THE PILOT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN RESTARTING THE ENGINE. DUE TO "NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE" THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE EAST OF THE AIRSTRIP. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE BY FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THE EMPENNAGE SEPERATED FROM THE FUSELAGE IN SOME TREES.THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND UP AGAINST SOME TREES PARTIALLY INVERTED WITH ITS NOSE POINTING UPWARD. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF FUEL. (-23) ON DECEMBER 31, 1998, AT 12:05 P.M., A CESSNA CE-152, N25778, OPERATED BY SPLIT "S" FLIGHT TRAINING ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND CRASHED INTO TREES DURING LANDING NEAR MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND SAFETY PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH RATINGS FOR AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HICKS AIRFIELD AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON DECEMBER 31, 1998, AT 10:00 AM. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING DID NOT REVEAL ANY FAILURE OF THE POWERPLANT.

## 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 FTW99LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA058), Dec 31, 1998: Cessna 152 (N25778), Peaster, 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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