# Fatal NTSB investigations: Cessna A152 NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB FTW95LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA100.md): Cessna A152 · Houston, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 24, 1995 · N4892A · Minor damage > The pilot's inadequate supervision of the passenger. A factor was the pilot's inadequate preflight of the aircraft. - [NTSB LAX94LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA261.md): Cessna 152 · Half Moon Bay, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1994 · N761GZ · Destroyed > The pilot's loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. - [NTSB BFO93FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA061.md): Cessna A152 · Revere, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 1993 · N761XA · Destroyed > The CFI failed to adequately supervise the operation. Related factors were dark night, lost/disorientation of the pilot, and her lack of experience in type of operation (night flying). - [NTSB LAX90FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA320.md): Cessna A152 · Tucson, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 1990 · N4649A · Destroyed > Failure of the pilot to recover from a spin. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's failure to assure there was adequate altitude to recover from an inadvertent or intentional spin, and his lack of recent expereince in the type of operation. - [NTSB BFO90LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90LA072.md): Cessna A152 · Hyden, KY · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1990 · N4728A · Destroyed > The pilot intentionally continuing VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in spatial disorientation and loss of aircraft control. Factors contributing to the accident were the thunderstorms and the pilot's lack of instrument… - [NTSB DEN88FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA036.md): Cessna A152 · Benson, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 8, 1987 · N234ZN · Destroyed > Abt 20 min after tkof, the acft crashed in VMC conds, aprx 26 mi along the route fm tucson to las cruces. Initial impactoccurred with the l wing hitting the top of a yucca plant as the acft was in a slgt nose down, l wing low attitude. Justbyd this point, the… - [NTSB MIA83FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA225.md): Cessna A152 · Homosassa Sprgs, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 6, 1983 · N7597L · Destroyed > The acft was first observed making low passes, almost striking trees & power lines. It then continued in a steep bank through about 90 deg of turn, rolled inverted & pitched down simultaneously. The acft impacted the ground in the parkinglot of a convenience… - [NTSB SEA82AA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82AA126.md): Cessna 172 · Mercer Island, WA · Accident · 6 fatal · Final report · Jul 23, 1982 · N2428E · 2 aircraft · Destroyed > N2428E, a C-172, had departed sea-tac arpt for a VFR flt to snohomish, WA, about 27 mi on the 355 deg radial from the sea-tac VORTAC. It proceeded nnw over the west shore of Mercer Island located approximately 10 mi north of the sea-tac arpt. N761EL, a… - [NTSB SEA82FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA052.md): Cessna A152 · Bremerton, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1982 · N761QZ · Destroyed > The pilot took off downwind and against traffic in marginal weather conditions. No flight plan was filed and there was no record of a weather briefing. During departure, a near-miss occurred between N761QZ and a light twin-engine aircraft on an instrument… - [NTSB NYC82FGT08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGT08.md): Cessna A152 · Scotland, PA · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Mar 2, 1982 · N7378L · Destroyed > The aircraft crashed after the pilot made a low pass over runway 13. At the departure end of the runway, the aircraft was observed to pull up into a 40 to 45 degree climb, then stall and enter a spin. It crashed in a near vertical descent. - [NTSB CHI81FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA077.md): Cessna 152 · E Liverpool, OH · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Jul 18, 1981 · N761FF · Destroyed - [NTSB FTW80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA036.md): Cessna A152 · Lomax, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Jan 15, 1980 · N7393L · Destroyed - [NTSB FTW80FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA014.md): Cessna 152 · Lillian, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Nov 17, 1979 · N7611B · Destroyed - [NTSB IAD79FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA013.md): Cessna 152 · Spencer, WV · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Nov 18, 1978 · N7359B · Destroyed ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071836')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=2071836 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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