# Accident 20000328007939A: Cessna 152, Decatur, TX, March 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2000, 11:17 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.2302° N, 97.5907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2302&lon=-97.5907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94912, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94912-2003-04-22) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000328007939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3/28/00 AT 1117, A CESSNA 152, 94912, OWNED BY DELTA QUALIFLIGHT CRASHED IN A FIELD WHILE PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDINGS. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE A/C WAS DESTROYED AND THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT IN COMMAND HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FTW ON 3/28/00 AT 1030.

## 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 FTW00LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA109), Mar 28, 2000: Cessna 152 (N94912), Decatur, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's failure to maintain the minimum controllable airspeed during a simulated emergency approach, which resulted in a stall.

## Other reports on N94912 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970724023611A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970724023611A), Jul 24, 1997: Cessna 152 (N94912), Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Holding for takeoff rudder was struck by wing tip of another taxing aircraft N733HC. (-23) student pilot was second in line holding for takeoff on runway 16L…

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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