# Accident 20000618014709A: Cessna 152, Palmview, TX, June 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2000, 18:50 local time
- Place: Palmview, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 26.2318° N, 98.3816° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2318&lon=-98.3816&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94290, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94290-2003-08-13) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000618014709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2000 AT APPROX. 1910 HR. CDT, A CESSNA 152, N94290, SERIAL #15285641 OWNED BY MC CREERY AVIATION CO. INC, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING AFORCED LANDING. THE FORCED LANDING WAS DUE TO AN APPARENT ENGINE FAILURE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOR PILOT INSTRUCTION UNDER FAR PART 61. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE SHORT FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. HOWEVER, THE TWO OCCUPANTS ONBOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT, MR. FLYDER M. DECASTRO, CERTIFICATE #219171208 HOLDS A COMMERCIAL RATING WITH CFI AUTHORITY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE MC ALLEN, TEXAS AIRPORT (MFE) AT APPROX. 1860 HR. AND WAS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO THE SAME AIRPORT. A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND FUEL SOURCES DID NOT REVEAL ANY POSSIBLE CAUSES FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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