- Date
- August 14, 1982, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4737BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820814038199A
- Case key
- 72740
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 object
Aerobatics - performed
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that a split-s maneuver was performed at a low altitude and the aircraft struck the branches of a pine tree. The aircraft continued to fly and the pilot returned to the airport. There was damage to the right wing and the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4737B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283609
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stone Mt. Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Stone Mt. Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Destination
- Stone Mountain, GA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 526 total · 400 in this make and model · 353 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 189 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.