# NTSB ANC91FA104: Cessna 152, N25063, Anchorage, AK, July 21, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1991, 12:54 local (20:54 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.220542, -149.849105 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2205&lon=-149.8491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 24, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5485
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC91FA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5485/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91FA104

## Probable cause

A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED CAUSES.  FACTORS INCLUDE OBJECTS IN THE FLIGHT PATH ENCOUNTERED DURING THE EMERGENCY DESCENT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF, AFTER A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25063](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25063-1994-03-29), registration cancelled 1994-03-29, S/N 15280524 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280524
- Airframe hours: 3485
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 17, 1991, 10 hours before
- Airport: MRI, Merrill, runway 24, 3,999 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 417 total, 169 in this make and model, 319 as pilot in command, 86 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRI, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910721030579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910721030579A), Jul 21, 1991: Cessna 152, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Tried to land on adjacent runway but settled in steep turn. Hit fence. Water in fuel.

## Other investigations on N25063 (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 ANC87FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA025), Jan 23, 1987: Cessna 152 (N25063), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

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.

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