# Accident 19991120040529A: Cessna 152, Carlisle, AR, November 20, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1999, 13:50 local time
- Place: Carlisle, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7805° N, 91.7409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7805&lon=-91.7409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N413JF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N413JF-2004-08-27) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 958 total, 191 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991120040529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 20, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 LOCAL TIME, N413JK CRASHED WHILE PERFORMING SIMULATED ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES. N413JK DEPARTED A LOCAL UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. UPON REACHING CRUSE ALITIUDE, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE.  UPON REACHING THE RECOVERY ALTITUDE, THE THROTTLE WAS APPLIED, THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND.   CARBURETOR HEAT WAS VERIFIED IN THE ON POSITION, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE CONDUCTED WITH NO RESULT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE WAS SECURED, A LANDING WAS EXCUTED INTO A RECENTLY PLOWED FIELD.  UPON CONTACT BY THE FRONT LANDING GEAR, THE AIRCRAFT VAULTED OVER ONTO IT'S BACK.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR, WIND CALM, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.                                                             (.4)DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION ADVANCED THE THROTTLE FROM IDLE TO FULL POWER.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD SIMULATED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER BY APPLYING FULL CARBURETOR HEAT AND RETARDING THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, WHILE AT 1,700 FEET AGL.  AT 700 FEET AGL, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DIRECTED THE PILOT RE CEIVING INSTRUCTION TO INITIATE A RECOVERY. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASSUMED THE CONTROLS AND CONFIGURED THE AIRPLANES WITH FULL FLAPS WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD.  AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THE AIRPLANE ROLLED ON ITS MAIN LANDING GEAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET.  AS THE SPEED DISSIPATED, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND SAMK IN THE SOFT GROUND.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN THE INVERTED POSITION.  AN ENGINE TEST RUN WAS ATTEMPTED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN FAA INSPECTOR.  THE ENGINE FAILED TO START DUE TO EXCESSIVELY FOULED SPARK PLUGS.

## 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 FTW00LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA036), Nov 20, 1999: Cessna 152 (N413JF), Carlisle, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power as a result of excessively fouled spark plugs. A factor was the soft terrain during 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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