# Accident 20020812027599A: Cessna 152, Ithica, NE, August 12, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2002, 10:37 local time
- Place: Ithica, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1431° N, 96.4464° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1431&lon=-96.4464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49998, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49998-2003-01-02) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020812027599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LNK AT APPROXIMATELY 0720 IN THE MORNING. PILOT RENTED THE AIRCRAFT FROM SILVERHAWK AVIATION FOR A ROUTINE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LNK AND LOST RADAR CONTACT AT 0733 WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE PILOT. THE LAST CONTACT FROM ATC WAS A HEADING CALL TO TURN RIGHT TO 270. AT 1230, THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WAS DISPATCHED TO LOCATE A TRANSPONDER GOING OFF OUTSIDE OF WAHOO, NE (AHQ). AN AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED AND AT 1425 THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPOTTED IN A FIELD NEAR COUNTY ROAD 10 & F STREET IN SAUNDERS COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS DISPATCHED AND THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 FTW02FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA233), Aug 12, 2002: Cessna 152 (N49998), Ithaca, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight of the airplane into terrain in an act of suicide.

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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