- Date
- October 27, 1983, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clifton, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48825Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831027056209A
- Case key
- 6319
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, he was descending from 8500 ft to 2500 ft when the eng quit without warning at aprx 4500 ft. he stated that he made a 'mayday' call & attempted to make an emergency landing in a field. However, the acft hit some trees at the edge of the field & the plane crashed upside down. An investigation revealed that the baffling in the muffler had come loose & had become jammed in the outlet, thus stopping the flow of the exhaust. A sample of the plt's blood was tested & found to contain 0.20% alcohol.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48825
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280985
- Airframe hours
- 1,692
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas H. Harper, Sr.
- Registered owner
- Air American, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 19, 1983 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- DTN · Shreveport, LA
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 36 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N48825 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.