- Date
- July 18, 1987, 19:50 local (Jul 19, 1987, 03:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lorraine Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5199PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870718035349A
- Case key
- 4874
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Buzzing - improperCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that he was flying a few feet above the trees when he flew into the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5199P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284893
- Airframe hours
- 2,222
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John E. Cobb, doing business as Anchorage Air Center
- Registered owner
- David Teal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 9, 1987 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 397 total · 397 in this make and model · 317 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.