# Accident 19990202014519A: Cessna 152, Odessa, MO, February 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1999, 09:00 local time
- Place: Odessa, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9890° N, 93.9493° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9890&lon=-93.9493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67568, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67568-2000-09-11) (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: 959 total, 500 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990202014519A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT SIMULATED AN EMERGENCY APPROACH AND LANDING PROCEDURES. ON GO AROUND THE ACFT ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER AND THE ACFT CRASHED. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON FEBRUARY 2, 1999, MR.LEO W. HEISS OPERATED CESSNA 152, N67568, AS PILOT IN COMMAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT NEAR ODESSA, MISSOURI. WHILE TEACHING A SIMULATED EMERGENCY APPROACH AND LANDING TO A STUDENT PILOT, MR. HEISS USED IMPROPER INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES WHEN HE RETARDED THE MISTURE CONTROL RATHER THAN THE THROTTLE AND DID NOT CLEAR THE ENGINE. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS REOPENED AT THE RECOVERY POINT, THERE WAS NO AVIALABLE POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER REPORTEDLY STOPPED. MR. HEISS TOOK OVER THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT 20 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A FIELD, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND A MINOR INJURY TO THE STUDENT PILOT.                                        (.4) THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS GIVING THE STUDENT PRACTICE IN FORCED LANDINGS WHEN THE ENGINE SUFFERED A SUSTAINED TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO RE-START THE ENGINE WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. HE THEN CONDUCTED A                                               N ACTUAL FORCED LANDING IN A ROUGH FIELD WHERE THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE FAILED TO REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL ANOMALIES.

## 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 CHI99LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA082), Feb 2, 1999: Cessna 152 (N67568), Odessa, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the total loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. Factors were total loss of engine power, the instructor pilot's encounter with unsuitable terrain, and the rough terrain.

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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